There lived four friends in a jungle. A lion, a bear, a monkey and a giraffe! They met each other every day by the _________, playing together.

One day, hunters came to know about these animals. They wanted to catch them and sell them for money. They came to the jungle and lay a trap. _________, the bear fell into the trap. The hunters were very _________ and took the bear away in a truck.

When the friends _________ by the lake, they found the bear _________. The lion, who came early, _________ something wrong. He roared (吼叫) loudly. The other animals in the jungle got _________ because there was no _________ of the bear. Just then, an idea occurred to the _________. He climbed on a hill and __________ his long neck over the trees, and __________ the truck. He told the monkey about the __________ of the truck. The monkey __________ through the trees in the jungle to follow the truck. On the way, he dropped fruits from various trees to make a __________ for the lion to follow. The lion ran as fast as he could.

Suddenly, the lion got in front of the truck. The driver lost __________ and the truck overturned. Together, the friends rescued the bear. They were happy to be together again!

Catherine decided to rescue Khan after seeing him at the animal shelter. Khan was a(an) ______ dog and had broken ribs(肋骨) from being beaten. ______ her family heard about dogs and babies not getting along, to their pleasant surprise, Khan ______ right over to their 17-month-old daughter Charlotte when they were ______. The two sat on the grass and played together, forming a ______ that the family hoped would continue for the rest of Khan’s life.

One day, ______, Khan seemed to be slightly aggressive towards Charlotte. He even attempted to ______ her away from where she played. The family kept a close eye on Khan and that’s when ______ caught their attention. A deadly snake was hiding right ______ Charlotte. Khan tried numerous times to push her out of the way but it wasn’t ______ and the snake was determined to______baby Charlotte. The family screamed ______ as their daughter’s life was in danger. 

In one last ______, Khan grabbed Charlotte by the back of her shirt and ______ her over his shoulder. She______ more than 3 feet away and the family ran over to Charlotte. As it ______, Khan had been bitten as he tried to get in between Charlotte and the snake.

While Khan was at the ______, local news sites were covering the incident. They couldn’t ______ an abused rescue dog who had only been with this family for four days would be so heroic. ______ after a couple of days in the hospital, Khan was ______to return home and he was doing much better. 

Helping Paws

Craig Cook has a very special service partner—a twenty-five-year-old female capuchin monkey named Minnie. In 2012, when he was thirty years old, Craig was in a car _______ that left him a quadriplegic, someone whose arms and legs don’t work properly. For several years, Craig needed help from other people for such basic needs _______ getting a drink of water. Then Minnie came to Craig through the Helping Hands Organization.

Minnie was born at Southwick’s Zoo in New York. As part of the special Helping Hands program, while she was a baby, she was given to a foster (寄养) family _______ cared for her and helped her learn to live with people. She learned basic _______ such as turning off lights and fetching on command.

Next, Minnie _______ the Helping Hands Monkey College for two years. At the college, she learned tasks that would help a(n) _______ person. These included taking food out of a refrigerator, turning pages in a book one at a time, and picking up objects that had been dropped. It is a long _______ process, but capuchin monkeys can live to be forty-five years old. So they can be _______ to provide service for many years.

Craig said, “Living with Minnie is like living with a good friend. And since she’s been with me, Minnie’s learned _______ more neat things to do, like making popcorn in the microwave (微波炉). Thanks to Minnie, I can live ________ with caregivers only coming in for a short time each day. And, when I go out, instead of being seen as the guy in the wheelchair, I’m now the guy with the monkey.”