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.

There will be a miracle when you believe. Against all odds, a beloved border collie (博德牧羊犬) has amazingly been _______ with her owners who spent 57 days searching for her.

Carole King and her husband Verne had traveled to Kalispell from their home in Spokane, Washington so they could enjoy a relaxing 4-day _______ in the mountain wilderness.

_______ , their vacation turned into a _______ search mission after they found that their 7-year-old border collie named Katie had _______ from their room.

The Kings immediately _______ their return trip home so they could stay in Kalispell and search for Katie. For several weeks, they _______ hundreds of advertising leaflets throughout the community; they published her _______ on social media channels and Facebook groups; concerned local citizens helped them _______the countryside — but they still couldn’t find Katie.

At one point, Carole traveled back home so she could go back to her job as a mail carrier; but when they _______ her request to take additional time off to keep searching, she _______.

_______ returning to Kalispell once more, Carole continued the search. At that time, Verne flew back home to take her _______ to look after their other pets. Thankfully, a local family in Kalispell offered to _______ her until she found Katie.

By the time September _______, Carole began to lose hope. She missed her home, husband, and pets, but Verne _______ her to continue looking for one more week.

She then received a _______ from a resident who said that he had seen a border collie in his yard. Carole visited the property, but found nothing — until they _______ a pair of hikers who pointed out a border collie that had been resting under a nearby tree. When Carole called Katie’s name, the dog ran bounding into her arms.

Though Katie had lost much _______ in the wild, she was in relatively good health — and she was overwhelmed (被淹没) with joy. Carole now hopes that their story will _______ other pet owners to never give up on their missing animals.

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A dog waiting on a roadside for four years has finally been reunited with its owner thanks to a social media post. Anuchit Uncharoen happened to be there. He ______ passing by the dog and seeing it being ______ by a woman late in the afternoon.

When he ______ her, he learned that the dog was thought to have been ______. The woman said she_______ took the dog to her home, but the ______ friend escaped and returned to the street, waiting for its ______. Since then, the nice ______ had been regularly bringing food to him and making sure he was ______. Others in the community had been ______, too.

The dog’s heartbreaking situation made the ______ online, eventually reaching his owner. He got in touch with Anuchit and explained that he and his family______ a dog named BonBon four years ago. Their dog had the same ______ as the one in the pictures.

The owner said that BonBon was with them on a trip to a relative. His dog might have ______ out of the car while on the road. He and his family______ for BonBon back in the roads but without luck.

They ______ their pet dog had died and were ______ to discover him alive and well. When the owner paid BonBon a visit, surprisingly, the dog ______ to go with him, even if his tail wagged in ______.

Someone once said, he might only be here for a(n) ______ of your life, but for him, you are his whole life. So to them remember to be kind.