Bill, Bingo and Bram 11

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aThere was an ironic fragment of truth in what the lady said. The thing was, the dog only accepted Bill as a temporary companion - of course it did not understand the fact that Bill's brother was never coming home. It continued waiting for him. Waiting for the familiar footfall, waiting for the I sat with Bill for a couple of hours, and I ran out of tape. It was among the last times I ever visited him in his house, having left home myself - returning to Stoke only at holidays. I took Bill up on his offer of a cup of tea before I left. There was snow on the ground outside, and the temperatures had plunged. I was shown through into the kitchen cum living area in the rear of his house, and looked again at the collected bits and pieces of this man's life. The old radio with its Bill as a youngster, Bill as a boy, Bill's dog, Bill's dog, lying in a dark yard, more than half a century ago. Lying near to a door. A narrow little yard. "Typical of him, that was," Bill put in when he saw me looking at the picture again. "Old Bram, he lay out there every day, come what ever the weather was, you know! He couldn't let go. Waited for Frank to come back. Waited until the day he died himself, that dog. He'd only move when I went and opened the back door, then he'd stroll in, and wait until he could go out and wait again." Bill stood alongside me, and picked up the little frame. He looked down his nose at it. "Do us a favour and pass us me glasses," Bill asked, "It'd take me half the day to get over there to get them. My bloody feet are no good to me these days, particularly in this weather."  

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部分单词解释

door 来自一年级下学期	门
picture 来自一年级下学期	照片
these 来自五年级上学期	这些
them 来自五年级上学期	他们
weather 来自二年级下学期	天气
with 来自四年级上学期	具有
last 来自五年级下学期	最后的
wait 来自二年级上学期	等待
put 来自五年级上学期	放
pass 来自四年级上学期	通过

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