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Chapter2思念里的流浪狗HomelessDogsinMyMind
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预知未来的狗JimtheW
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In1925,SamVanArsdale,proprietoroftheRuffHotelinMarshall,Missouri,purEerpuppyinLouisiana.Thepuppywassideredtheleastpromisierandwassoldatathrorice.Thedogwasnothiolookatashehadusuallybigpawsandanungainlyappearance.SamdeJi
JimgreanionforSaThedogwassmartandgood-natured,andSamleasedwithhis“bargain”
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Oneday,whenJimwasthreeyearsold,heandSamwerewalkingthroughthewoods.Theweatherwashot,andSamsaidtoJim,“e,boy,letsgoaleunderahickorytree.”
Thereesoftreesinthewoods,butJimranstraightovertoahickorytree.Samrised.Nodoubtitwasjusta,SamsaidtoJim,“Showmeablackoaktree.”
WhenJimrabladputhisrightpaworee,Samwasamazed.Thistpossiblybetrue.
“Showmewalnuttree,”
hesaid,andJimraotheandputhispawonit.Samuedwitheverythihinkof-astump,hazelbushes,acedartree,evenatin.Jimcorretifiedthemall.Samcouldhardlybelievetheevidenceofhisowneyes.Howcouldadogdosugs?
Samweoldhispened.
Shesaidflatly,“SamVanArsdale,youtellme,butdontgotellinganyoneelse.”
Sampersuadedhisaothewoods,whereJimputoperformance.Sheshookherheadi-Samscrazystorywastrue!
&hefewdays,Samthelptellinghisfriendsaroundtownwhathissmartdogiledathimilyandmovedoffprettyfast.
Onemandidlisten,althoughofcoursehetical.Sam,notigthatthemanhadparkedhisthestreetafewyardsaway,toldJimtoshowthemanwhichcarwashis.Jimwentstraighttothedputhisfrontpawonit.
&hermaheliseplatenumberofhiscar.Samwroteitdoieceofpaperandputthepaperonthesidewalk.HetoldJimtoidehouthesitation,Jimwalkedtothequestion.
Afterislikethese,Jimsreputationspreadlikewildfirearouown.Soonhewasdemhispowersielforamazedcrowdsofuptoahuatime.ThereseemedtobenolimittowhatJimcoulddo.Whenpeoplewereinthelobby,hecoulddetermiroomheyothehotel,ittifypetotheclothestheywore,thecoloroftheirhair-ihefactthatdhttobed-theirprofession,and,ihemilitary,theirrank.
&heskepticssaid,SamwassecretlysignalingtoJiAlthoughnoneofSam‘sfriendsandassociatesquestioegrity,knowinghimtobeaplain-speakingmanwhowouldn’tdreamofdegothers,onewomathistheory.Shehadthecleverideatowriteaninstruinshorthand;whichSamdidand.WhenSamshowedJimthepaperonwhistruwaswritten,andtoldhimtodowhateveritsaid,Jimweoaman.Thewomanshouted,“Hesdoingit!”
Thensheexplaiheinstruwas,“Showusthemanwithrolledsocks.”
JimsreputationspreadfarbeyoownofMarshall.Neersandmagazinesfromalloverthetryseocoverthestory.Theywentaway,likeeveryoneelse,amazed.JimbeastheW.
Jimsfeatsarousedstifidmedicalcuriosity.HewasexamierinariansatMissouriStateUy,whosaidthattherewasnothingunusualaboutJim-physically,hewasjustlikeaheycouldofferionforhisunytalent.
Oneday,somefriendspersuadedSamtotestJimfurther.Couldhepossiblypredictthefuture?SamtookaheKehatyearhewrotedowhehorsesonpiecesofpaperthathethenlaidonthefoor.HeaskedJimtoselectthehorsethatwouldwin.Jimputhispawoheslipsofpaper,utinalockedsafeuherace.ItturhatJimhadpickedthewiedhissuccessthefollowingyear,andsoonforsevensuccessiveyears.
SamwasnotagamblingmaedtoprofitfromJim‘sabilitiestoforetellthefuture.HereylettersandtelegramsrequestingJim’spredisofwinninghorses.SomepeopleofferedtosplittheproftswithSaButSamneverwavered.edinaluParamountforJimtoworkinmoviesforayear.Likethemodestmidwesternerhewas,Samsaidhedidn‘treallyhemoneyanddidn’twanttoercializeJi
Astimepassed,theboweenSamandJimgrew.Sam‘sloveforJimwasthatofamanfreatestfriend.Andthedog’sabilitytodoanythingSamaskedwasjustoofJimsdeepdevotiontowardsSaSowheheageoftwelvein1937,Samwasdevastated.AhewholetownofMarshallwasstuheloss.JimwasburiedintheRidgeParkCemetery,wherehissmallwhiteheadstoheW.
萨姆·范·阿斯代尔是密苏里州马歇尔镇拉夫旅馆的老板。
1925年,他从路易斯安那州买回了一只英国塞特小猎狗。
他被认为是这窝小狗中最没前途的一只,并且几乎是以白送的价格卖的。
这只小狗看上去毫无特别之处,像大多数狗一样,有着一双大爪子和一张丑陋的嘴脸。
萨姆决定叫他“吉姆”
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