Grandma and Penny quickly became very attached to each other, and that attachment grew much stronger about three years later when Grandma had a stroke.

　　After her stroke,

　　it became a real problem for Grandma to let Penny in and out because the door was at the bottom of a flight of stairs. So a mechanism using a rope and a pulley (滑轮) was installed from the back door to a handle at the top of the stairs. Grandma just had to pull the handle to open and close the door. If the store was out of Penny's favorite dog food, Grandma would make one of us cook Penny braised beef with diced potatoes in it.

　　As the years passed, Grandma and Penny became inseparable. Grandma's old house could be filled to the brim with people, but if Grandma went to take her nap，Penny walked along beside her and stayed by her side until she awoke. As Penny aged, she could no longer jump up on the bed to lie next to Grandma ，so she lay on the rug beside the bed. If Grandma went into the bathroom, Penny would hobble along beside her, wait outside the door and accompany her back to the bed or chair.

　　The time came when both my grandmother and Penny's health were failing fast. Penny couldn't get around very well, and Grandma had been hospitalized several times. My uncle and I lived with Grandma, so Penny was never left alone, even when Grandma was in the hospital. Each time, Penny sat at the window looking out for the car bringing Grandma home and would excitedly wait at the door when Grandma came through it.Each

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