I’m a police officer and occasionally park my cruiser in residential areas to watch for speeders. One Sunday morning I was staked out in a driveway, when I saw a large dog trot up to my car. He stopped and sat just out of arm’s reach. No matter how much I tried to coax him to come for a pat on the head, he refused to budge. After a while I decided to move to another location. I pulled out of the driveway, looked back and learned the reason for the dog’s stubbornness. He quickly picked up the newspaper I had been parked on and dutifully ran back to his master.
我是一名警察，偶爾把我的巡邏車停在居民區查看超速者。一個星期天早上，我監視一個車道時我看到一隻大狗小跑到我的車這兒。他停下來，坐在我的手臂夠不到的地方。不管我多麽想哄他過來拍拍他的頭，他無動於衷。過了一會兒，我決定換一個地方。我開出車道，回頭一看，明白狗固執的原因了。他趕緊拿起我一直停車的地方的報紙然後盡職盡責地跑回到他的主人那裏。
