When I was only seven years old, I didn't realize the whole arrangements of our journey as a family to Manchester in 1978. My mother was in great pain and wished to visit specialists in Manchester. My father unwillingly had to sell our property in Australia. The day before we boarded the ship, Father reluctantly said goodbye to his six-year-old cattle dog, Pluto, who was loved by us all. Father's friend Julia was to be his guardian while we were overseas, as he had been getting to know Pluto for many weeks.
Seven weeks later, an air letter arrived from Julia, giving my father the news that Pluto had run away just two weeks after we had sailed. Julia had advertised constantly on ABC and other regional newspapers. Despite many "sightings", the dog was never found. It seems Pluto just kept running and searching for us. As he was cattle dog, my father thought he would shoe or dingo-trapped, because of his appearance. But our family thought that Father held a secret hope that Pluto was still alive.
We sailed back to Australia two years later and re-established our home. My father immediately began his own search for Pluto. One cold winter's Saturday morning eight months after our return, my father had a call from an elderly lady living on her own on the outskirts of the town. As she told my father on the telephone, it was "just glimpses of a dingo-type dog in the shadows" of her disused tennis court. That was enough for my father to interrupt my homework.
We set off in his blue and black Jensen car which he had brought back from England. It was hardly the right vehicle for the rough roads we travelled that day. Five and a half hours later, we found the run-down old property. Sadly, she told my father that the "dingo dog" hadn't been around for a few days. My father had a strange look in his eye. He put two fingers to his lips and did his special whistle for Pluto.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150个左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Para 1: Suddenly there was a sound in the bush.
Para 2: Once home we had the task of getting all the prickles (刺) off him.
