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dog        I        examine      for         bear own      die       love         short       whether

 

I am a vet. Once I was called to examine a ten-year-old dog named Belker. The dog’s  ___1.  , Ron, along with his wife Lisa and his son Tom all loved Belker. They were very sad. I   2.   Belker and found he would die of cancer. I told the family that we couldn’t do anything for Belker.

Then, Ron and Lisa asked their six-year-old son Tom to see the whole thing. They felt this was a good chance   3.   the little boy to learn something from this experience. To    4.  surprise, Tom seemed calm. He touched the lovely dog for the last time. I didn’t know   5.  he could understand what was going on. Within a few minutes, Belker died peacefully.

After Belker’s 6.    , we talked about the fact that animal lives are 7.__ than human lives. Tom, who was listening quietly, suddenly said, “ I know why.” Then, I heard the best reason I had ever heard. He said, “ People are   8. to learn how to live a good life. They learn to    9.  everybody and be nice all the time. ” The six-year-old boy continued, “ Well,  10. already know how to do that, so they don’t have to stay so long.”