Fifty years ago I had a young family of three boys. My husband Johnny and I left them with a friend while we made a rare trip to the cinema in Liverpool.
It was dark and pouring with rain but with the headlights shining on the road, we saw something ahead of us. Johnny pulled to a stop and I jumped out, ran to the grass edge and grabbed a small, wet, and frightened creature. I wrapped it safely in my woollen hat and insisted that my husband turn back and head for home. We thought it was a baby rabbit because it had long ears and was grayish-brown in colour. Once home, we filled a box with torn-up newspaper and a warm towel. We named our new animal Bobsy as we had no idea of its sex.
Sadly though, on the third day with us, it caught its back foot in a door and we quickly realised it was broken. We rushed to the vet(兽医), who said, “It’s only a rabbit, I’ll put it to sleep.” Our response was a very determined, “No way !”We found anther vet and told that she was a baby hare. We were told we should continue to keep her in her box for a week and her foot would heal.
After her recovery, Bobsy learnt to use the kitty litter tray. She would comb her long ears with her front paws. The local paper heard about this and came to our house to take her photo and write a story about her. We had her for seven wonderful years before we moved to New Zealand and we will never forget her.
【小题1】Why did Johnny stop his car suddenly?| A．He came across a friend. |
| B．The headlights went out. |
| C．His car broke down on the road. |
| D．He noticed something in front of him. |
| A．It slept on a door. |
| B．It was stuck in a door. |
| C．Its foot got seriously injured. |
| D．It fell off from the top of a door. |
| A．Considerate. | B．Cruel. | C．Hopeless. | D．Indifferent. |
| A．To tell the importance of protecting small animals. |
| B．To remember unusual experiences with a small rabbit. |
| C．To persuade people to give generously and receive thankfully. |
| D．To make the rabbit widely known to local people by paper. |
