英语美文：我的挚友阿诺德

英语美文：我的挚友阿诺德

　　以下是小编整理的情感类英语美文欣赏：我的挚友阿诺德, 希望对你有所感触。

　　I recently lost my best friend Arnold in an automobileaccident while moving my family to our new home inArizona. Arnold was an 8-month-old pot belly whotaught me so much about love, devotion andcompanionship. I am devastated by his loss, butthank God daily for blessing me with the joy ofhaving Arnold for his short life.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Anyone contemplating a pot belly as a pet shouldknow that if you are a true pet lover and devoteyourself to them, a pot belly will make the mostwonderful friend. You will be assured of endlesshours of fascination and entertainment as you both grow together in understanding thehuman/pot belly relationship. Words cannot describe this relationship and it can only be fullyunderstood by experiencing it.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Arnold didn’t know he was a pig -- he thought he was just another member of our family --modeling his behavior through observing me, my wife, my two daughters and our beagles. Hewas convinced he was loved by all; and he was, even when he was ornery trying to just getour attention. He learned his name, how to sit and how to use the litter box all in the first weekwe had him (at 7 weeks old!).

学习啦在线学习网 　　He loved to sleep on your lap as you sat on the couch watching TV. He didn’t care if hegrew to weigh 45lbs, he still expected you to hoist him onto your lap at precisely 8:00 pmevery evening where he would fall fast asleep within seconds after snuggling his wet nosebetween your neck and shoulder. If you didn’t respond to his initial "honks" letting you knowit was his nap time, he would bump your legs with his nose until you picked him up. With hisweight as it was, you couldn’t hold him all evening as he preferred, so you had to slide him offonto the couch next to you where he would sleep for hours with all four legs and his nosesticking straight up in the air. He would snore as long as he could feel you next to him butwould immediately wake up if you tried to leave the couch. We had hours of fun balancingobjects like a salt shaker on his flat nose while he slept soundly.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Arnold helped me in all my chores around our five acres in the country. Just being there atmy feet, interested in what I was doing made even the most mundane tasks enjoyable. Whenhe was out roaming and foraging and you would call out his name, he would come running attop speed, honking the whole way until he got close to you where he would dodge you,zigzagging around with a few victory roles turning in circles before settling down and calmlywalking up to you with his tail wagging as if to say (winking) "hah, got-cha."

　　He even helped me build a kit aircraft and a customized trailer to haul it around in. I wasplanning on taking him flying with me some day. He loved to play with my sockets and rolledthem around on the shop floor. Just as I would struggle and get frustrated with some difficulttask, Arnold would show up underneath the trailer, with his wet nose in my ear and honking --seeming to say, "take a break and laugh with me for a while, that should make it all better." Andit did, every time. God’s marvelous creations minister to us in the most special ways if we canjust stop for a few moments and observe them. God used Arnold to teach us this veryimportant lesson in life which we will never forget.

学习啦在线学习网 　　My wife and two daughters began to say that Arnold and I were so close that he hadbecome the son that I never had in our family. It seemed that we could no longer have any kindof conversation in our family or with our friends without Arnold being a main topic. Theneighborhood kids would make appointments to come visit Arnold and couldn’t wait to comeover and play with him.

　　Arnold went most everywhere with us--Pet’s Mart, Wal-Mart, birthday parties, Christmasvacation to Grandma’s. He loved riding in the car/shopping basket and was a big hit everywherehe went. Arnold had become such an important part of our life that when we found out that ourfamily would have to move to another state, we insisted that the contract on our new housebe contingent on the homeowners’ association approval of Arnold in writing before we wouldagree to purchasing in our prestigious neighborhood.

学习啦在线学习网 　　On the day we left our old home town, we had a going away lunch with our friends fromchurch. Everyone there just had to go out to the truck where Arnold and all our other pet wereand say goodbye. Arnold trusted me to take care of him and get him to his new home.Tragically, along the way, the wind blast from a semi knocked our trailers out of control andpushed our truck off a 40’ bridge. We lost a big part of our family that day when our petsArnold, Sweeti and Leanna were killed. I feel terrible for not being able to protect Arnold theway he trusted me to. However, I will be forever grateful for the fond memories of him which Iwill cherish forever.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Thank you for reading this and allowing me to share some of Arnold’s life with you. If youdecide that a pot belly is the right choice for you both, I pray that you will be rewarded in thesame way my family was with Arnold.

　　在我们搬家到亚利桑那州的途中发生了交通意外，从此我失去了我最好的朋友阿诺德。阿诺德是一只八个月大的宠物猪，是他令我更懂得爱，懂得投入和维系情谊。他的离去令我伤心欲绝，不过我还是常感谢上帝赐予我与阿诺德相处的那段短暂却快乐的时光。

学习啦在线学习网 　　凡是考虑想养宠物猪的人都应该知道，如果你真心疼它，全身心地伺候它，小猪就会成为你最棒的朋友。在这个与小猪一起探索相处的过程中，你一定会非常着迷，发现其中有无穷的乐趣。言语是无法描绘这种关系的，只有亲身经历才能充分体会。

　　阿诺德并不知道自己是一只猪，他以为自己就是我们家的一员，所以他会观察模仿我、我太太、我两个女儿还有我家小猎犬的一举一动。他深信我们所有人都爱他，事实的确是这样，就算有时候他会耍脾气来吸引我们的注意力。他来到我们家的第一个星期(7周大的时候)就已经学会了自己的名字，学会了怎么坐，还有怎么用那个小盒子。

　　他喜欢在你坐在沙发上看电视的时候睡在你大腿上。他也不管自己已经长到45磅重，就是要你每天晚上八点准时把他抬到你大腿上来，湿乎乎的鼻子在你的脖子和肩膀之间温存一番后，眨眼功夫这家伙就酣睡起来了。开始的时候他会“鼾鼾”地提醒你他到点休息了，而如果你没反应，他就会用鼻子撞你的脚，直到你把他抱起为止。他倒想一整晚睡在你腿上，但他这么重，你根本是受不了的，所以得把他顺势滑到旁边的沙发上，让他鼻子四脚朝天地呼呼大睡。只要他感觉到你就在他身边，他会放心尽情地打他的呼噜睡他的觉;但是一旦你想走开，他会马上醒过来。他沉睡的时候，我们会玩个游戏，在他那扁鼻子上摆像盐瓶那样的小玩艺而要保持平衡不倒，这样一玩就是几个小时，大家玩得不亦乐乎。

学习啦在线学习网 　　在我们那方圆五英亩的乡下地方，我做什么家务杂事阿诺德都会帮我一把。只要他挨在你脚跟，兴致勃勃地看你在忙，就足以让最索然无味的杂务变得有趣起来。他在外面溜达觅食的时候，只要你喊他的名字，他就会以最快的速度朝你奔来，“鼾鼾”地一路叫着，跑到离你不远的地方他又会跟你玩起迷藏来，左转右转地走着，绕着圈，一副凯旋而归的模样，然后才静下来慢慢走到你跟前，摇摇尾巴，好像眨着眼跟你说“哈，总算找到你啦!”

　　他还帮我一起组装了一架小型飞机和一辆运载飞机的特制拖车。我打算哪天把他带上跟我一起飞翔蓝天。他很喜欢玩那些插座零件，在工场里把它们推来推去。每当我为一些高难度的工作伤透脑筋，灰心丧气的时候，阿诺德就会从拖车的下面钻出来，湿乎乎的鼻子伸到我的耳边，“鼾鼾”地似乎在说“休息一会儿，跟我笑一会儿，然后什么事都好办啦!”果真有效，而且每次都行。只要我们能停一停，仔细看看，就会发现上帝绝妙的创造物总以最特别的方式照顾我们。上帝派阿诺德来给我们上了这人生的重要一课，我们毕生难忘。

　　我太太和两个女儿都说阿诺德跟我亲密得就像成了我儿子一样，一个我们家一直缺少的角色。家里聊天或者和朋友聊天都好像离不开阿诺德这个主题。邻居的小孩会预约来我们家，迫不及待要来和阿诺德玩。

　　我们去哪里，阿诺德几乎都跟我们在一起——宠物用品超市、沃尔马超市、生日派对，圣诞假期他还跟我们一起到奶奶家去。他喜欢坐在手推车或者购物篮里，所到之处都大受欢迎。阿诺德已经在我们生活中占据了一个重要的位置，所以当我们要搬到另一个州买房子时，我们都坚持要在合同里附上街坊邻居的联合书面允诺，同意让阿诺德在该区生活，这样我们才会考虑在那些名区里买房。

　　离开老家的那天，我们和教友一起吃了饯行午餐。在场的每个人都走到货柜车旁边，跟里面的阿诺德和我们的其他宠物告别。可悲的是，在路上一辆半拖车呼啸而过，强烈的侧风气流使我们的拖车失控，货柜继而被抛到40英尺的桥下。那天家中成员损失惨重，我们的宠物阿诺德、甜甜和莲娜都离开我们了。阿诺德如此地信任我，我却没法保护他，我真的很难受。不过，我将永远珍藏和他一起的深情片断，感激他带来的这段美好回忆。

学习啦在线学习网 　　谢谢你们读这篇文章，让我和你们分享阿诺德的生活点滴。拥有阿诺德，我们得益匪浅，如果你也决定要养只小猪做宠物，那我祝愿你