到了门口，那个人静静地站了几秒钟，然后慢慢地转过身。“孩子们，马戏团的狗是永远不会忘记那顶大帐篷的，”他说着，“你们最好把他锁在屋子里，直至明天早晨，我不希望看到你们失去他。”
我们依照他的话做了。杰基和我们在一起生活了很多年，尽管他是我们曾经养过的小狗中最聪明的一只，但我们再也没有劝说他表演马戏团的绝技了。我们认为最好还是将那个流浪汉的话记在心里，让他永远忘却在马戏团的日子。
鸽子的奇迹
Abigail' sDove
卡伦· 马约里·加里é / KarenMajorisGarrison
Itbadbeentheworstsnowstormintenyears， andI' ， ， Icalledmymotherandsheimmediatelycameovertomyhousetowatchmythree-year-olddaughter， Abigail.
"Can' tsomeoneelsehelpthosepeople？" shehadaskedme， concernedformysafety."Ihaveabadfeelingaboutthis， anditlookslikeitmightsnowatanyminute."
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"Mamawillbeokay，" mydaughtersmiled， takinghergrandmother' shand."， I' llbeprayingforher！"
， ' dbeeninstillinginmydaughter： -bye， ， thesnowbegantofall.
"Youshouldn' thavecomehere." BillWatkins， aninety-two-year-oldmemberofourcongregation， ， tryingtogetoutofbed， ， hesettledbackon-tothepillows."ItoldthepastorthatIdidn' texpectanyonetocometothebooniesforme."
"Nonsense." Igrinned， ， ， andlivingonamodestincomewithoutanysurvivingfamilymembers， heneededasmuchhelpaspossible.
"Well， lookwhatyourstubbornnessbroughtyou." hesaid， ."Stayhere， ."
， Ireasoned.
"I' llbeokay." Itoldhim， rememberingmysweetdaughter' .
， ， ， holdingmybreath， Iscreamedandjerkedthewheel， narrowlymissingthedeerthatstoodfrozenbymyheadlights.
TheVolkswagenhittheembankment， plummetedoffthesideoftheroad， ， —， Itriedopeningthedoor， butitwouldn' ' sdoor， ， ， Icurleduponthebackseatandwaitedforhelp.
， ， andasIlistenedtothewindandsnowhittingagainstthecar， Iprayedformyfamily， ' dbeenoldenoughtoholdacrayon， she' ddrawnpicturestobrightenthedaysofherlovedones.
Tocalmmygrowingconcernaboutmysafety， ， ， ' sgraceful， serenepresenceandtheloveshininginmydaughter' seyesfilledmewithpeace.
Thenightgrewcolder， andasIfloatedinandoutofconsciousness， ， ， asthefirstraysofdaybreakappeared， ， ， IwastreatedformildfrostbiteandaheadwoundbeforebeingtoldI' ， Iproppedmyselfuponthebedpillowsandwaitedimpatiently.
Beforelong， thedooropenedandmymotherburstintotheroom."Weweresoworriedaboutyou！" shecried， rushingovertohugme."Iknewyouwereintrouble！Motherssensethesekindsofthings." Hermaternalinstinctssurfacedassheappraisedthefoodtraynearby."Yourteaiscold！ I' llberightback."
Seizingtheopportunitytohavemealltoherself， ."I' vemissedyousomuch." Imurmuredsoftly， brushingasilkystrandofhairfromherface."AndwhathaveyoubeendoingwhileI' vebeenaway？"
