Milu is also known as Pere David’s deer. They are herd animals (群体动物) that usually ________ from humans, but when Diandian comes into contact with people at a nature ________ in Yueyang, Hunan province, she is ________.

Eight years ago, one-week-old Diandian was left behind by her ________. When people found her in the reeds of a lake, she looked too weak and thin to ________.

________ by keepers at the East Dongting Lake National Nature Reserve, Diandian ________ started treating people as her friends. Today, she is the mother of three milu, thanks to the ________ and care shown to her by ________ members at the reserve. “Most milu run away ________ someone approaches, but Diandian is deliberate (从容的) in her ________ and unhurried,” said Li Zheng, a keeper at the reserve who has taken care of Diandian for years.

With the help of people like Li Zheng from a milu ________ association in Yueyang, 11 deer, including Diandian, have their families. The staff have done many things to help protect and expand the ________ of the animal. Each member has a ________ research role, with some flying drones (无人机), some ________ the number of milu and some estimating the age of the male ________ the shape and size of their antlers (鹿角).

Thanks to their efforts, the past several years have ________ the gradual ________ of the milu population. Once ________ in China, its native land, and with only 18 ________ surviving in the world, the milu deer is now prospering in its home country.

I work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Trying to help _______, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; _______ is never certain. However, when it works, it is _______ beautiful.

I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl(猫头鹰) on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to-3-week-old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for _________.

I _______ the chick(雏鸟) and it seemed tiny. If I could _______ the nest, I might have been able to put it _________, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and _______ it in a tree.

The homeowner was very _________. A wire basket was found. I put some pine __________ into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly ________ down.

Now all that was needed were the ________ but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the ________ screams of owl chicks. These ________ the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling ________ I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.

A ________ night to be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature ________ on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had ________ to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was ________ by the greatest sight of all — LUNCH! The parents had done their ________ and would probably continue to do so.

The first time my mom came over to babysit Alice, our newborn daughter, for a couple of hours, all I wanted to do was take my elderly Brooklyn out for a walk.

Brooklyn was _________ my dog. Fourteen years ago, when I first saw her in the pet store, I knew it was a done deal: we were _________.I had never had a pet _________, but I welcomed everything about it. I _________ her whole life in photos. And during large _________ gatherings, seeing me with baby Brooklyn, my favourite aunt would tell me one day I would be a great _________.

Brooklyn was _________ getting old and grey when my daughter was born, but she _________ the new baby with gentleness. However, as my daughter _________ more and more space in my life, Brooklyn's place in it began to __________. And the less of a priority she became, the further I felt from my old self and the things that used to be __________ to me.

By the time she was nearly 17, she was in a(n)__________ condition. The day she died, she was in so much __________. I fought back my tears and buried my __________ in her fur as I carried her to the __________.When the pet doctor gave her two shots that would make her __________ forever, I watched her big brown eyes go __________.“Rest now, my baby." I __________ to her.

Four years later, I still __________ that dog every day, because she was the one who taught me the heart-breaking beauty of being __________ by another living being.