A Chinese picture book called The Moose of Ewenki (《鄂温克的驼鹿》) has become very popular recently. Now people in many other countries begin to ________ this picture book.

This picture book tells about the Ewenki people’s ________ love for nature. Author (作者) Gerelchimeg Blackcrane said the picture book is ________ the true story of an Ewenki person.

When a man, Gree Shrek tried to ________ a mother moose, he found her baby. The little moose ________ Gree Shrek home, and the two became good friends. But as the baby moose grew older, Gree Shrek knew he had to send his new friend back to the ________, and he did. This is ________ the Ewenki live year after year — they hunt for a living, but for small animals, the Ewenki will ________ them.

When our children read this picture book, the most ________ thing they get is an education in love. Gerelchimeg hopes that his art will spread the Ewenki people’s ________ for nature, so that children living in other places will love nature and love life.

Thirty years ago, I fell in love with a dog called Cookie. ______ it was hard for me to add another mouth to feed, I never gave it a second thought.

Cookie could quickly ______ seeing my bags spread across the bed with my leaving on a trip. She was also good at showing unhappiness with her tail, trying to make me _______. When I came back home and wrote my stories, she ______ sat next to my desk and we could have conversations about where I’d been and what I’d seen. We ______ each other as only animals and those who love them. I often read to her what I’d written. If she turned away to start cleaning a paw, I knew I had to improve my story. ______, she didn’t understand what I was really writing. But this kind of communication with her was my ______ of pushing a story to a higher level.

She inspired (激发) me to make up many stories and became my partner in my travels. In this way, we travelled together. Some readers may think it ______ to have such a relationship, but dog owners like me will know it’s true.

Today I am still a travel writer. My heart is broken because my friend Cookie left me forever. Like many old Friends, she and I ______ much over the years. I miss her so much and I am also ______ to her for being at my side for all those years, listening and simply loving.

It doesn’t matter if she never understood a word I said or that she never left our home. She was my travel partner and always will be.