After my husband died suddenly from a heart attack, my world crashed around me. I was overwhelmed (不知所措) with the小题1:of earning a living,小题2:the little children.
One小题3:evening I came home from work to find a big beautiful German shepherd (牧羊犬) on our小题4:. This wonderful strong animal小题5:to enter the house and make it his小题6:. The children took an instant liking to “German” and begged me to let him in. I agreed to let him sleep in the basement until the next day,小题7:we could inquire around the neighborhood for his小题8:. That night I slept小题9:for the first time in many weeks.
The following morning we小题10:to find German’s owner, but with no results. On Sunday I took the children on a picnic and we drove off without him. When we stopped to get gas at a local station, we were小题11:to see German racing to the gas station after us.小题12:was he going to be left behind.
On Monday morning I let him out for a run when the children got ready for school. As evening came and German didn’t appear, we were all小题13:. The next Friday evening, German was back on our doorstep. Again we took him in, and again he stayed小题14:Monday morning. This pattern repeated itself every weekend for almost 10 months. We grew more and more小题15:of German. We stopped thinking about小题16:he belonged — he belonged to us. As German became part of the family, he considered小题17:his duty to take up his position by the front door and remained there until the morning.
Each week, between German’s visits, I grew a little stronger, a little braver; every weekend I enjoyed his小题18:. Then one Monday morning we小题19:his head and let him out for what turned out to be the last time. He never came back. I believe German was sent because he was needed, and because no matter how小题20:and alone we feel, somehow, somewhere, someone knows and cares. We are never really alone.
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