I was talking to my friend Sandy about our children. Sandy had recently moved into the neighborhood with her four 1 , including her youngest, eighteen-month-old Kim. She seemed 2 to have kids nearby, until she saw our dog, Sam.
Sam, our shiny black dog, loved to play with the kids and 3 them. But Sandy was 4 of dogs, and she started to back away as Sam approached. I grabbed Sam's collar and made him sit, trying to 5 Sandy's fear.
Sandy mentioned that she needed to get her kids ready to go to their grandmother's house. Just then, her door opened and her kids rushed out. Sandy warned them not to 6 Sam.
The kids huddled（蜷缩） around their mom, looking at Sam 7 . Emma, my daughter, showed the kids how to 8 a dog properly. Gradually, the kids were won over by Sam's 9 nature.
One day after that incident（事件）, when the kids were playing across the street, I 10 the eighteen-month-old baby heading towards a small hill. I saw a car approaching at a high speed and shouted to everyone to 11 the baby. Sam rushed to the boy without 12 and pushed the baby away from the oncoming car 13 . The kids cheered, completely unaware of the 14 . They thought Sam had come to play.
Within a year, Sam had made friends with all the neighbors. Even Sandy started to 15 Sam and would often come over to give him a hug.
