人人说英语高级07

　　Unit 7 Home and Family

       My Dog (E)

       When I come home,my dog always runs to the front door to greet meOn warm days,he lies on the cool grassOn hot days,he drinks lots of water and lies under a treeHe always takes naps and stretches before risingHe delights in the simple joys of a long walkWhen he is happy ,he dances around and wags his entire bodyWhen I'm having a bad day,he is silent,sits close by and nuzzles my leg gentlyDeathbed(D)Mr.Brown lying on his deathbed,barely able to breatheAt this moment,the smell of freshly baked cookies comes to himHe has always liked home-made cookies and thinks to himself,'If I could just have one more cookie,I could die in peace!"He calls to his wife but his voice is so weak that she cannot hear him.
　　Not getting an answer,he slides out of the bed and onto the floorDown the hall and down the stairs he goes ever so slowly.
　　At the bottom of the stairs he pulls himself along painfullycrwling hand over hand closer to that heavenly smellHe drags himself across the living room into the dining roomMaking one great final effort,he throws himself toward the dining table landing on his kneesHis dry lips part,and the taste of the cookies is already in his mouthseemingly bringing him back to lifeHe reaches across the table and grabs the plate of the cookiesAs he drags the plate towards himself,it makes a scraping soundand suddenly he hears his wife yell from the kitchen"Don't touch the cookies.They're for the funeral!"