One evening, Brownie’s family __43_ that Brownie hadn’t returned home. They went looking for him with no _44__. Brownie didn’t appear the next day, and, despite their __45__ to find him, by the next week he was still missing.

　　Curiously, Spotty __46__

　　at Brownie’s house alone, barking. Busy with their own lives, they just ignored the __47__ little neighbor dog.

　　Finally, one morning

　　Spotty __48__ to take “no” for an answer. Spotty followed Ted about, barking strongly, then running towards a nearby wood, as if to say, “__49__ me! It’s urgent!”

　　Ted followed the anxious Spotty. The little dog led the man to a __50__ spot a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie __51__, one of his hind legs stuck in a steel leg hold trap. Horrified, Ted now wished he’d taken Spotty’s earlier requirement _52__. Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable.

　　Spotty had done more than simply

　　__53__ Brownie’s owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the __54__ dog, Ted found some dog food---which was later __55__ as the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that __56__!

　　Spotty had been visiting Brownie __57__, in a single-minded quest to keep his friend alive by offering his own comfort. Spotty had obviously stayed with Brownie to protect him from being hurt, snuggling (依偎) with him at night to keep him __58__ and touching him gently with its nose to keep his spirits up.

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