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I enjoyed their joy at the appearance of my first (but alas) and last
puppies!
And the years have passed... Now it's harder for me because I'm also
sick... My friends took me to someone they called "Mr. Doctor". There, I took
all the "dust"/ the medicine - although it was very bitter - only because they
gave them to me, because they know what they are doing... ...
For some time now, I've been moving with difficulty just to be close
to them.
I no longer have that light in my eyes... Only my soul trembles when I see them.
My body doesn't help me anymore...
Not long ago, I gathered all my strength, and I also participated with total joy at
news that they will be...grandparents! My friends deserved this effort made by a
poor old dog...
That's why I look gratefully into their eyes and with the last of my
strength I ask them not to be sad. Please don't cry... I can't bear the tears on their
faces...
I wonder If they are so close to a dog, how do they behave with their
lot? I think it's great to be a human being! To give and receive love and
understanding! Be considerate of those around you, be fair and, at the same
time, friendly!
However, I'm not sorry that I'm an animal! Now I still have a big
"wish"...
I don't know how to tell them that I really, really liked Inotesti, that
village in the countryside, and that I would like to stay there, under the big tree,
for the next... a thousand years!
Well, I believe my friends know that. So, I am waiting for the last hour, calm,
reconciled, and satisfied.
What’s going on with me? It is as if it's hard to "think" anymore.
It's quiet, so quiet, and it's getting dark...slowly, slowly...Is it already evening
or...?
I close my tired eyes, not before looking for the last time at my dear
masters whom I have called all my life " friends", or more simply Da...ni..e...la
and ... and... Mar.

Note I wrote the story on a Sunday, the day on which Citta’s “next.... a
thousand years..." began to flow!

Homework / Classwork

Task 1 (50 points)

Find the keywords in each paragraph . Use them key words to
summarize the text above in about 100 to 120 words.