One night in 2003，Jans and his wife Sherrie were walking the dog Dakotah near their house. Suddenly, a young _______appeared and began running in their direction. Amazed and _______，the couple immediately broke Dakotah loose to protect them. "However, the two animals stopped yards apart and_________stared at each other as if each were looking at an almost- forgotten face and trying to remember something,” recalls Jans in his book A Wolf Called Romeo.

Over the next week, the Janses always_________the wolf playing with the dogs in the neighborhood. They_________that when the wolf saw a dog, he would make a fool of himself- wagging, pacing, and even striking some dog poses. Because of the wolf's _______，Sherrie named him Romeo. The_______extended from dogs to locals quickly. _________ ,crowds of locals started coming to _______the wolf, and some liked him so much that they seemed to forget that wolves are__________.

For the next five years, Romeo__________to the area in fall and winter. "He would be in the same place every morning to________people going to work or walking their dogs,__________he'd set with a time clock"，writes Jans. As the only wolf in the area，Romeo had     ________ creatures to eat，a large open space to live in, and little__________1 from other animals.   However, some critics felt Romeo was a(n)__________，and there was a talk about driving him out of the area.

Romeo came again in September 2009，but later that month, he__________again. After some searching, a supporter found he had been__________by Park and Jeff.   Both men were arrested later. They ended up paying fines according to the local law, losing hunting ________. In late November 2010，a memorial service was held for Romeo. "Nothing can take away the years we spent in his________ ，”writes Jans. "We'll remember the happiness he brought to us forever.”

Mercy, my parents’ naughty dog, would run around the house all day long. So when they brought home a Christmas tree, they ___________   chaos. To their _____________, Mercy didn’t seem to care. Nor did she _____________   the fancy presents under it.

One early morning before Christmas, my mother passed the_______ living room and then stopped cold.     Turning up the light, she saw that every present was__________. Only the tree was still   there. Had they been        robbed? Mercy! Where was she? Had the _____________   taken her? Her thoughts restless, my mother _____________   a   piece of ribbon on the floor. Then a bit of torn wrapping paper a few feet away. Some more beyond that. All the _____ led toward the back door. My mother turned on the switch, bathing the ________   in light. Oh, yes, it was   Mercy. She lay under her favorite tree in a cozy nest of ___________   wrapping paper and chewed-up boxes mixed   with the last remaining evidence of ___________ . Clearly Mercy’s self-control had ____________ ! She’d silently carried one package after another out so she could rob___ .

Seeing Mercy_____, my parents felt   grateful and laughed   off the ruined presents. Only one problem   remained. With all the gift tags ( 标 签 )____, how could they send out thank-you cards to the present givers?

Mercy provided the_____. A few days later, my mother snapped ( 抓拍) a picture of the shamefaced Mercy when she found the dog_____licking (舔) a plate where a sandwich had just been. My mother used it to make thank-you notes. The caption______, “Thank you for the …” Inside, the whole story was_____. Everyone shared the sweet_____that Christmas is also a season for Mercy.