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第19章 飞跃小埃及flightverlittleegyt2(第1页)

$4Thelittledoghadbeenaartofourfamilyforabouttwoyearswhenahoboknockedatthebackdoorandaskedifwecouldgivehimsomethingtoeat。Therequestwasn’tatallunusual。Inthosedays,manyhobosstoedatourcorner。

Motherbroughtalateoffoodtotheorchwherehewaited。Ashesatdowntoeat,weboysgatheredaroundhim。Hebegantellingusallthelaceshe’dbeenandthemanythingshe’dseen。Weweresellboundbyhistales。

Allofasuddenhestoed。Welookedinthedirectionhewasstaring,andtherestoodJacky。Forseveralmomentstheylookedatoneanother。Thenahugesmilecameacrosstheoldhobo’sface。

“Youlittlerascal,”hesaid,callinghimbysomestrange-soundingname。“Whatareyoudoinghere”

Thelittledogbecamehystericalwithjoy。Hewasalloverthehobo,barkingandjumingasifhewouldneversto。Therewasnodoubtheknewthehoboandknewhimwell。AftercaressingandtalkingtoJacky,theoldhoboutteredabriefcommand。Immediately,Jackycontrolledhisenthusiasmandlaydownobedientlyattheoldman’sfeet。

“Boys,wheredidyougetthisdog”askedthehobo。

“Wefoundhimlodgedbetweenthedoorandthescreenduringthebigtornadoof1925,”saidmybrother。

“Yes,sir。Itaddsu,”saidthehobo,“IwaswithacircusinMissouriinMarchof1925。Thatwassuresomeblow。Thebigtentwasriedtoshreds。Everythingwasdemolished。”

“Thisoodlewasthenumber-onetoshowdog。He’ssovaluablehewasinsuredforhundredsofdollars。Luckydog,heis。Blowedallthatdistanceandnotgettinghurt。”

Suddenlythehoboasked,“Doyouhaveabarrelhoo,boys”

“Sure,I’llgetyouone,”saidmybrother。Runningquicklytoanoldbarrel,heliftedoffoneofthesteelbands。Hedashedbackandhandedittothehobo。

Frombeneathhisoldbatteredhatthehobo’sblueeyessarkled。Asmilebrokethroughhisheavygraybeard。

“Watchthis,”hesaid。“Lessyouboysbeentoacircusyouain’tneverseenanythinglikethis。”

Hewalkedoutintotheyardandheldthelooacouleoffeetabovetheground。

“Getready,”hesaidtoJacky,againusingthatstrangesoundingname。Jackytrembledwithexcitement。Oncommandhesrangforwardandleaedthroughtheloo—forward,thenbackward。Ascommandscontinued,hehurledthroughthehoo,turningendoverend。Hedancedonhishindlegs,thenonhisfrontlegs。MybrothersandIstaredinaweastheknowledgeableoldhoboutJackythroughhiscircustricks。

“He’salittlerustyonsomeof,buthesureain’tforgettinganyofit,”saidthehobo。“Sureisgreatbeingtogetheragain。Bringsbackmemories,don’titlittlefriend”hesaidfondlyasheattedJack’shead。

Thenwithaforlornlookabouthim,hestraightenedu。“IguessIbestbegoing,”hemumbledandheadedslowlytowardsthegate。Withouthesitation,Jackyfollowedathisheels。

“Jacky,comeback!”allthreeofuscalled。Butitdidnogood。Tearstrickleddownourcheeks。Weknewwehadlosthim。

Thenthehoboaused。LookingdownatJacky,hesaid,“Ourcircusdaysisover,friend。Overanddone。Andthetraminglife’snolifeforyou。Youbeststayhere。”Jackystood,watchingthehobowalkaway,stilloisedtofollow。

Reachingthegatethemanstoodmotionlessforseveralseconds,thenslowlyturnedaround。“Boys,acircusdogneverforgetsthebigto,”hesaid,“You’dbetterlockhiminthehousetillmorning。I’dhatetoseeyoulosehim。”

Sowedid。Jackylivedwithusformanyyears,andalthoughhewasthesmartestdogweeverhad,wecouldneverersuadehimtoerformcircustricksagain。Wefiguredhe’dtakenthehobo’swordstoheartanduthiscircusdaysbehindhimonceandforall。

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