Dean Moberg works at Sea World, where he rescued birds and animals. More often than not, Dean ______ injured sand hill cranes that look inside rubbish for food.

When people see a crane that ______ help, they know to call Sea World. Dean and his earn will drive touts to ______ the bird.

Sometimes, a hurt crane will be ______ and will try to get away. It doesn’t know that Dean is there to ______ it, not harm it. So Dean carries a gun that sends out net. The net shoots out into the air and then falls on top of the crane. This ______ the crane so Dean can pick it up and take it back to Sea World.   ______ , sandhill crane adults are found in pairs. The mother crane and the father crane work together to raise their babies. Dean knows how ______ the cranes are when they are separated but if one of them is hurt, it must go back to SeaWorld for ______ .

Dean write down exactly where he ______ each crane. When the cranes are better, he takes them back to the same place. He lets them go and they are able to find their ______ gain.

Saving sand hill cranes with serious injuries isn’t ______ ! Inventive, specially designed lift and support tools allow injured cranes to eat and rest while keeping weight off theirs ______ legs.

It takes a great deal of patience, determination, and love for these special birds to get ______ . Luckily, that’s something they find with Dean and the other ______ members of his team.

That summer,Luke had been my closest companion for five years.We get lots of____in our area during the summer season.Many forests are badly____by fire each year.That hot summer,not far from our shelter,a forest____ fire.It was July,and there had been a heat wave going on for three days.Luke rushed toward the forest where the fire was sending out a____heat.There was no longer any hope at that moment to wait for Luke to come back to the____. In fact,I was waiting for firefighters to tell me that he had____in the forest.Suddenly,a fireman burst into my office and____me that my log Luke had succeeded in saving four kittens who had been____by the flames.According to the fireman,Luke seized the kittens,one by one moving them to a____place.

I immediately____the fireman to the forest to pick up the rescued kittens.____we got to the scene of the incident,we saw that Luke was not there.Then we heard the____of a dog barking in the forest.I____the barks as Luke's.The fireman followed the____of the dog until they found him barking loudly by the side of an injured fireman who was lying on the ground and____waiting for rescue.

Thanks to Luke,four kittens and a fireman were saved.That day,I was very proud of Luke for his two heroic ____.Luke showed much compassion（同情心）for both animals like him and for a human being who was trying to put out the fire with his colleagues.Truth to be told,my____was immeasurable.

I paid a visit to the fireman in his house accompanied by my lovely Luke.What a____scene it was when the fireman hugged Luke tightly to his chest!"One thousand thanks,Luke,for saving my life,"the fireman said.

This true story of love and compassion shows us that pets are loving,caring and compassionate.We should love and____them.Little animals can do____things for humans.

In 1999, Eve and Norman Fertig, a couple, saved a two-week-old shepherd (牧羊犬) named Shana.

One winter several years later, as the Fertigs, both then 81, ________ the injured and hungry animals housed in one of their buildings, a ________ snowstorm blew in. When the couple went outside to check the weather, several trees fell,________ them in a narrow path between two ________. Eve and Norman couldn’t climb over or duck below the ________. For the next two and a half hours, they crowded together for ________ as the snow piled higher. “We were ________,” Eve said. “I thought we could die out here.”

Around 9:30 pm, Shana , who was outside, began ________ toward Eve and Norman in the deep snow. It took her nearly two hours, but ________ she cleared a narrow tunnel(隧道)about 20 feet long ________ the front door of the main house with the Fertigs’ ________.

When breaking through the snow and ________ the couple, the 160-pound dog barked and caught Eve’s jacket and________ the 86-pound woman onto her back. Norman ________ Eve’s ankles, and for the next two hours, Shana pulled the couple through the tunnel.

Thanks to Shana’s ________, they finally reached the house around 2 am., and the Fertigs ________ to get just inside the front door. Extremely ________, they lay there, still. The storm had ________ the electricity and heat, ________ Shana slept next to them all night to keep them warm until the firemen found them.

After five months, Shana’s feet recovered from the injuries she ________ while digging.