Looking out of my window today reminded me of another day just like this one, a day when I was searching for a special blue bird. I thought it had been talking to my grandmother about me.

One day grandmother asked me to buy some bread. On the way home I gave my bread to a black dog. I really wanted to keep her but I knew my mother would not allow.

An idea occurred to me. I got to our back gate, carefully dug a hole under the fence, and left the rest of the bread right at the hole. Then from the front door I went down the drive and through to the backyard. I got there just in time. She was trying to reach the bread at the hole. I held her front paws and pulled her through. She ate up the bread and I was delighted that my idea had worked.

When I got inside, I told my grandmother that my bread was eaten by a stray dog. I was very pleased with myself for not having to lie. We suddenly heard scratching coming from the back door. Seeing her, grandmother asked me, “Where did that come from?” “She must have come in under the gate.” I pointed out the hole under the back gate. Grandmother told me she thought it was I who brought the dog home. I looked at my grandmother’ s face and asked, “How did you know?” She said, “A little bird told me, a little blue bird told me.” I reminded her I had not told a lie. She grinned and said, “No you did not lie. But the truth you told was not the whole story either.”

I spent most of that summer making sure the blue birds stayed out of the yard. I remember watching grandmother giggling a little as she watched me.

Years later I found out that grandmother had been looking out of the breakfast room window and watched me dig the hole, run back into the yard and pull the dog through. She and my mother laughed about it. Anyway, we kept the dog (even after she delivered 13 puppies) until she passed away with snow-white on her snout and around her eyes.

【小题1】How did the dog get into the house?

A．From the hole under the fence.	B．From the bakery at the back door.
C．From the front door and the drive.	D．From the breakfast room window.

【小题2】What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 4 refer to?

A．The bird.

B．The scratching noise.

C．The dog.

D．The hole.

【小题3】Why did grandmother grin?

A．Because she knew the truth.	B．Because she once talked to the bind.
C．Because she thought I told the truth.	D．Because she loved the dog too.

【小题4】How did the writer feel about keeping the dog?

A．Frightened and puzzled.	B．Concerned and happy.
C．Tolerant and sympathetic.	D．Delighted and carefree.