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动物是人类的好朋友，本文讲述了两个有关动物的故事，告诉我们要和动物和平相处，尊重每一个生命。

Animals are our friends. Sometimes they make trouble， but sometimes they can help us. And they hope to live a happy life， too. Here are two real stories from our readers.

The first story is from Ray. “My cat， Tiger， hates it when I use my iPad because it takes my attention away from him. One year， I had a fall at home and was on the floor for 16 hours. During this time， I was unable to move and couldn’t get to the phone to call for help. Tiger stayed by my side until he disappeared under my bed. ‘What’s he up to？’ I wondered. To my surprise， he started to push something towards me. It was my iPad， which I didn’t realize had fallen off the bed and onto the floor. He probably didn’t know what it was， but he knew that it made me happy. Thanks to Tiger， I was able to communicate with my friend， Becky， who then told my doctor.”

The second story is from Colin. “Years ago， my friend Julius saved a bird—a wild ‘Mom’ cockatoo（鹦鹉）from the side of the road and kept it as a pet in a big cage（笼子）. It lost one of her wings， so she was unable to return to the wild. Soon， two wild cockatoos came visiting and one ‘Dad’ bird wanted to find his way into the cage. The ‘Mom’ cockatoo in the cage was soon expecting. But as she couldn’t fly， ‘Dad’ cockatoo built a home in the tree， keeping off everyone who got close to ‘Mom’ cockatoo. ‘Baby’ cockatoo would spend his days flying off with his dad， leaving his mom behind. She would sit and wait until they returned home each afternoon. The family stayed together happily.”

After reading the stories， don’t you think we should get along well with animals？ No matter they are our pets or live in the wild， they have their feelings. We should respect every life in the world.

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我们应该尊重世界上的每一个生命

动物是我们的朋友。有时他们制造麻烦，但有时他们能帮助我们。他们也希望过上幸福的生活。以下是来自读者的两个真实故事。

第一个故事是雷写的。“我的猫泰格讨厌我用iPad，因为它会把我的注意力从他身上移开。有一年，我在家摔了一跤，在地板上躺了16个小时。这段时间，我无法动弹，也无法打电话求助。泰格一直守在我身边，直到他消失在我的床下。‘他在干什么？’我想知道。令我惊讶的是，他开始向我推东西。那是我的iPad，我不知道它从床上掉到了地板上。泰格可能不知道那是什么，但他知道那让我很开心。多亏了泰格，我才得以和我的朋友贝基交流，贝基随后告诉了我的医生。”

第二个故事是科林写的。“几年前，我的朋友朱利叶斯从路边救了一只鸟——一只野生的‘妈妈’凤头鹦鹉，把她当作宠物养在一个大笼子里。她失去了一只翅膀，所以她無法回到野外。很快，两只野生凤头鹦鹉来了，其中一只‘爸爸’凤头鹦鹉想要找到进入笼子的路。笼子里的‘妈妈’凤头鹦鹉很快就怀孕了。但由于她不会飞，‘爸爸’凤头鹦鹉在树上建了一个家，避开了所有接近‘妈妈’凤头鹦鹉的人。小凤头鹦鹉每天都和爸爸一起飞走，把妈妈留在身后。‘妈妈’凤头鹦鹉每天下午都会坐着等他们回家。一家人幸福地待在一起。”

看完这些故事，你不觉得我们应该和动物好好相处吗？不管他们是我们的宠物还是生活在野外，他们都有自己的感受。我们应该尊重世界上的每一个生命。

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