「翰林技術高中二年級上學期 Lesson 4: A Dog’s Life!」- Reading

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My name is Lucky, but I haven't always been lucky. I was born with only three legs and was abandoned on the street. I was only a few weeks old, and life was very harsh. Naughty children threw stones at me. Stray dogs and cats bullied me. I survived because I ate everything that I could find and learned to defend myself. Like all the others, though, I was afraid of dogcatchers. An old dog told me, "If you see them, run away fast."

One day, my nightmare became reality. I saw some food in a big box on a street corner. I ran up to the box excitedly. Unfortunately, the box turned out to be a cage, and the door was locked as I was eating inside it. I was trembling with fear. Soon I was taken to a dog shelter. There, many dogs like me were kept in small cages. Some dogs suffered from health problems such as skin diseases. I also heard that we would get fixed so we couldn't have babies. If no one adopted us, we would be released back onto the streets. The baby thing was sad, but it didn't bother me a lot. I couldn't stop thinking about the crazy life back on the streets. However, I never imagined there would be anyone coming for me.

Just before I was due to return to the streets, my luck changed for the better. Lottie, who was a young girl, came to the shelter. At first, I was scared of her because she looked like one of the cruel kids from the neighborhood. Lottie looked around at all the dogs before she walked straight to my cage. I noticed that she had only one leg. Lottie picked me up and hugged me tightly. "We are a perfect match!" she said and decided to take me home.

It took me some time to adapt to my new life, but my sad memories as a stray have been replaced by happy ones. Lottie is warm and caring. She feeds me, bathes me, and remembers to take me for a walk every day. She gave me my current name because she said that we were lucky to have each other.

我的名字叫 Lucky，但我並非一直都幸運。我出生時只有三條腿，還被遺棄在街上。當時，我只有幾週大，日子過得很苦。頑皮的孩子向我扔石頭。其他流浪貓狗都欺負我。我能活下來是因為只要找得到的食物我都吃，而且學會保護自己。但是就像所有其他狗狗一樣，我也害怕捕狗人。有隻老狗告訴我：「如果你看到他們，就要快點逃跑。」

有一天，我的噩夢變成了現實。我看到街角的一個大箱子裡有一些食物。我興奮地跑到箱子前。不幸的是，這個箱子原來是一個籠子，我在裡面吃東西時，門被鎖上了。我嚇得直發抖。很快我就被帶到了一個狗收容所。很多跟我同病相憐的狗狗都被關在狹小的籠子裡。一些狗患有皮膚病等健康問題。我還聽說我們會被結紮，所以我們不能生育。如果沒有人收養我們，我們就會被放回街頭。生育的事是令人難過沒錯，但並沒有讓我感到很困擾。我忍不住一直想到回到街頭的瘋狂生活。然而，我從沒想過會有人來領養我。

就在我即將重返街頭之前，我的運氣竟然變好了。小女孩 Lottie 來到了收容所。起初，我很怕她，因為她看起來跟附近殘忍的孩子沒兩樣。Lottie 環顧四周所有的狗，然後直接走到我的籠子前。我注意到她只有一條腿。Lottie 把我抱起來，緊緊地抱住了我。「我們是絕配!」她說，然後決定帶我回家。

我花了一些時間來適應我的新生活，但我作為流浪狗的悲傷記憶已被快樂的記憶所取代。Lottie 既溫暖又很有愛心。她餵我吃東西，幫我洗澡，還記得每天帶我去散步。她幫我取了現在的名字，因為她說我們很幸運能夠擁有彼此。