One morning, Ann's neighbour Tracy found a lost dog1around the local elementary school. She asked Ann if she could keep an2on it. Ann said that she could watch it only for the day.
Tracy took photos of the dog and printed off 400 FOUND fliers and put them in mailboxes. Meanwhile, Ann bought some pet food in the dollar store nearby, and warned her two sons not to3 in love with it. At the time, Ann's son Thomas was 10 years old, and Jack, who was4from a heart operation, was 21 years old.
Four days later Ann was still5the dog, whom they had started to call Riley. When she arrived home from work, the dog6itself against the screen door(纱窗门） and barked madly at her. As soon as she opened the door, Riley7into the boy's room where Ann found Jack was8a heart attack. Riley ran over to Jack, and as soon as Ann bent over to help him, the dog went9.
"If it hadn't come to get me, the10said Jack would have died," Ann reported to a local newspaper. At this point, no one had called to claim the dog, so Ann decided to11it.
The next morning Tracy got a call. A man named Peter12his dog and called the number on the flier. Tracy started13, and told him." That dog save my friend's son,"
Peter drove to Ann's house to14his dog and saw Thomas and Jack crying in the window. After a few moments Peter said, "Maybe Odie was supposed to15to you; maybe you should keep it." （组合规范练 P341）
