How Did Cindy Save Its Owner

楊慶春

篇章導讀本文講述的是狗狗辛迪挽救小主人生命的故事。在一個黎明前的黑夜，辛迪不斷地對著路過的車輛狂叫，以引起司機的注意，在最關鍵的時刻護住小主人，用失去生命的代價救了小主人。

Cindy， my dog， was six years old when my son was born that year. She’d sit beside my baby for hours， putting her front legs up onto the pram（嬰兒車） every now and then to make sure he was ok.

My son was almost three years old. One morning， around 4 am， our son somehow tried to “escape”. Cindy knew that the little kid wasn’t allowed to go through the front door without adults. But Cindy had to walk after Tom at last.

At 5 am， the police woke us knocking on the door. Their words were—“your son was nearly killed but your dog saved it”. They then told what the truck driver had said...

He told them that he was driving along in the dark and could see something“light colored” moving on the road. As he got closer， he could see a dog at the side of the road barking and barking at the “light colored” something. At the last moment， he found that this was a child. He said he could see the dog still barking and standing between the truck and the child. Before the truck could stop， the dog ran out into the road， jumped at the child’s back and“threw” him away with the mouth， and at the same time， the truck hit the dog and killed her.

That was 39 years ago and I still miss Cindy every day.

1. From paragraph 1 we know that Cindy .

A. ate the baby’s food B. slept near the pram

C. played with the baby D. took care of the baby

2. What were little Tom’s parents doing at 5 am on that day？

A. They were doing the chores. B. They were looking after Tom.

C. They were sleeping. D. They were taking a walk outside.

3. The underlined word “them” in the fourth paragraph refers to .

A. Tom’s parents B. the police C. Tom and Cindy D. the drivers

Keys：DCB