It was a cool spring day and I was walking through the forest. When I left home my mother told me the forest was dangerous and _____ me against going too far, but the interesting things were always _____ in the forest.

The shadows made me feel like they were going to hug me. I _____ my new book Different Kinds of Birds from my bag. Mindlessly, I opened it and read about various kinds of birds. _____, I ran into an old tree. When I lifted my head and looked at the entire forest, I found tall trees were here and there, with light glancing off their leaves. I _____ an apple from a huge apple tree. It was so juicy and sweet.

I finished my apple and was just about to grab another one when I _____ a beautiful hummingbird(蜂鸟). It was flying near a flower. I looked for its wings. They were beating at such a _____ speed that I could barely see them. I looked at my book and _____ for “hummingbird” in it. Later, I found another hummingbird in a _____ with two baby hummingbirds inside. I quickly took out my brand-new ______. I had already taken many breathtaking photos, but this would be my best so far. When I looked at the baby hummingbirds ______, I was surprised! Unlike their parents, they were so ______ and were nearly naked and blind! I was very interested in them, so I said to myself, “Maybe I will stay here a bit longer.”

When I ______ that the shadows were growing longer and that the sun was setting, I began to walk back to my ______ slowly, careful enough not to disturb the birds. I said to myself, “I have to come back tomorrow, and ______ lots of food to feed them.”

Dean Moberg works at SeaWorld, which rescues more birds than any other type of animal. The hardest part of Dean’s _______ is when he finds birds that were hurt _______. Sometimes Dean finds sandhill cranes (沙丘鹤) that have been shot by arrows (箭) or hit by golf balls. Most of the time, the cranes that Dean _______ have been injured by chance. One way that they can get hurt is by looking inside rubbish for food.

When people see a crane that _______ help, they know to call SeaWorld. Dean and his team will drive hours to _______the bird.

Usually, sandhill crane adults are found in pairs. The mother crane and the father crane work _______ 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 writes down exactly where he _______ each crane. When the cranes are ________, he takes them back to the same place. He lets them go and they are able to find their ________ again.

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

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

Sam, our beloved companion over 10 years. died two months ago. It was still a big blow to my family until we finally decided to_____another shepherd dog through the local German Shepherd Rescue.

After meeting with the host family to see if we met the_________for adoption, we were allowed to take a 2-year-old female Shepherd home. She was a______dog. loving, gentle and smart!

One day on a walk, a neighbor's dog crossed the street in an(a)_____ manner and attacked her as she stepped in front of me. After that, she immediately______a fierce animal whenever

she saw any other dog ! When I______with the previous host family, I was told she’d also been____badly while at a dog park with them!

Quickly I searched and found an(a)______woman with her own dog一a team who would help Sam remove her terrible_______The other dog was an Australian Shepherd. We were ____ to walk to the end of the street. Once there, I saw the woman and her obedient (顺从)trained _____! As we slowly approached them, I_____as soon as my dog became anxious. Her dog was____ sitting, simply watching for directions.

As weeks passed, these two dogs______walked side by side because of this quiet, steady and careful_______!A calm Australian Shepherd erased the fear of a German Shepherd and finally healed her invisible scars.