The words of some second-graders opened the hearts of dog adopters to empty the doghouses of a local shelter. Their hand-written notes _______ fast growing adoption rates for the dogs to get adopted in Richmond.

Nobody could resist a _______ like “If you adopt me, I hope I will _______ up your Sundays like the sun. You’ll be my Sunday Special, and I hope I’ll be yours!”

Kensey Jones, a second-grade teacher, is also a volunteer of a local shelter. She _______ to come up with an idea for a _______ assignment, and had the idea to try and _______   adoption rates by giving the dogs their own supporting voice.

“The idea just struck me to _______ persuasive writing with these adoptable pets that need a forever home,” Jones said, adding that it was “a way that I could make their writing _______ for the students, and _______ make an impact on the world and our community.”

She told the shelter’s manager about the idea, who thought it was __________. The kids nearly __________ at the news that their new assignment would be __________ on helping dogs get adopted.

“Hi, I’m Cody. I would love to be adopted,” one student wrote. “I would like a loving, caring family. Please be my __________!” This kind of representation, pinned in colorful drawings to the animals’ crates (板条箱), was a huge __________. This shelter sees a high adoption rate.

“All dogs __________, a loving home,” one of the kids said. “I am so very happy to be able to help neglected (无人看管的) animals find forever families.”

Molai grew up in a tiny village in India. The village was near some wetlands (湿地) which became his second_________. He learned the value and beauty of _________ there from a very young age.

When he was 16, Molai began to notice something _________ happening around his home. A flood had hit the area earlier that year and the _________ it caused had driven away a number of birds. _________, the number of snakes had declined (减少) as well. He _________ that it was because there weren’t enough trees to protect them from the _________. The solution, of course, was to plant trees, so the animals could seek _________ during the daytime. He turned to the _________ department for help but was told that nothing would grow there. However, Molai went looking on his own and __________ a nearby island where he began to plant trees.

__________ young plants in the dry season was __________ for a lone boy. Molai built at the __________ of each sapling (幼树) a bamboo platform, where he placed earthen pots with small holes to__________ rainwater. The water would then drip (滴落) on the plants below.

Molai __________ to plant trees for the next 37 years. His efforts have resulted in 1,360 acres of naturally grown land that has become home to many plants and animals.

Back in 2017, Chile experienced some rather devastating wildfires that burned more than 1.4 million acres of forest. In the years since it has been a very _________ journey for those trying to bring life back to the _________ earth. But with a little canine(犬科的) help, Francisca and Constanza Torres have been struggling to help rebuild in face of the _________. And their three Border Collies(边境牧羊犬) could not be any cuter as they do their doggie _________ as well.

Two sisters have been using the help of their dogs, Das, Olivia, and Summer, to get seeds _________. They _________ their pups with special backpacks that release the seeds of _________ plants along the ground as the dogs _________ the burned forest. Francisca shared that not only is it benefiting the _________, but the dogs are more than happy for the playtime. __________, they are seeing many __________ flora and fauna(动植物群) making a __________ to the areas that had been burned.

Besides using the dogs to help __________ the forests, Torres also keeps busy __________ assistance dogs in an environmental community that is dog-focused. The Border Collies are actually better for the work than others because they not only have the endurance and __________ to run for miles across forest terrain, but they are focused dogs who don’t get __________ by wildlife. The three dogs are about to cross 18 miles per day—much more compared to the only few miles that humans can __________ a day. __________, dogs are a lot cheaper than drones or robots, and they have a much __________ carbon footprint. Overall it sounds like a(an) __________ for everyone involved!