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   A boy was one day sitting on the steps of a door. He had a stick in one hand, ______ in the other hand a large piece of bread and butter, which somebody had kindly given him. While he was eating it and singing a song happily, he saw a poor little dog quietly ______ not far from him. He called out to it, “Come here, poor dog!”

Hearing this, the dog woke up, rose with its ears ______ and wagged (摇摆) its tail. Seeing the boy eating, it came near him. The boy held out to it a piece of his bread and butter. As the dog stretched (伸出) out its head to take the ______, the boy quickly drew back his hand and hit it ______ on the nose. The poor do gran away, ______ loudly, while the cruel boy sat, laughing at the trick he had done.

A gentleman, who was looking from a window on the other side of the street, saw what the ______ boy had done. Opening the street door, he called him to ______ over, at the same time ______ up one dollar between the finger and the thumb (大拇指).

“Would you like this?” said the gentleman.

“Yes, if you ______, sir,” said the boy, smiling, and he quickly ran over to seize (抓) the ______.

Just as the boy stretched out his hand, the gentleman hit ______ on the knee with an umbrella. “Why did you do that?” shouted the boy angrily. He made a very ______ face and cried, “I didn’t hurt you, nor ask you for money.”

“______ did you hurt that poor dog just now?” said the gentleman. “He didn’t hurt you, nor ask you for your bread and butter. As you served it, I have served you. Now, remember it can feel as well as you, and learn to behave ______ towards animals in the future.”