一条裹在毯子里的狗狗_大学英语阅读

一条裹在毯子里的狗狗

曾经有主人疼爱和猫咪陪伴的小猎犬哈克贝利，因主人的家庭变故而一度形单影只，孤独寂寞;但让人欣慰的是，他凭着聪慧的头脑和对友谊孜孜以求的精神，很快就又找到了自己的第二个幸福家园……

When we first moved into the quiet neighborhood, our neighbors to the east were a happy family with three preteen children, two cats, and a beagle named Huckleberry.[1]

The children would throw balls and chase Huckleberry around the front yard and into the backyard where we could hear the laughter and giggling continue on the other side of the fence.[2]

Our two families became friends—often conversing[3] over that back fence, discussing school events and comparing plants and pets.

Then, after a few years, there was an affair[4] and the laughter in their house stopped. The mother moved out and the children, then teenagers, didn’t seem to know where to be. Finally the children also left, leaving the father alone in the house with the two cats and Huckleberry. The nature of his work caused him to be gone for long periods; and even when he was home his heart was no longer in the care of his home—or of the three animals. They were fed, but they were lonely.

The cats found new homes and disappeared, leaving Huckleberry. He was a sad little dog. To give him some company[5] I began talking to him through the fence when I was working in the yard. Soon he had dug a hole under the fence so we could spend more time up close.[6] The father apologized and tried to close the hole until I told him I was happy to have Huckleberry in our yard. He began to inhabit[7] both yards, spending his days in ours and eating and sleeping in his.