AMERICA'S first daughters, Malia and Sasha, are excited about getting a pet dog. But their father, President Obama, has told the girls they have to pick up the poop(狗粪) 1 the grass. It's true. Keeping a dog 2 lots of other work besides(除…之外) picking up the poop. For example, you'd better know 3 the dog goes to bed and how it lives happily. It means you have to know the animals' 4 and be ready.
Li Hui, 15, of Beijing, once kept a rabbit and some goldfish. 5 all of them died. "My rabbit ate the wrong food," said Li. "My 6 died because they ate too much!"
Xiao Ting, 15, of Shanghai, wanted to keep a dog a year ago. She got food and a new doghouse ready to 7 the dog, but she only kept the dog for one day. "I 8 thought a dog could be so active. It wouldn't stop barking(吠). My father had to walk 9 at 3 o'clock in the morning!"
"You'd better think it is like your 10." said Liu Yining, a 11 Beijinger. She is a (an) 12 pet keeper. Her family has kept a dog named Pipi for three years. 13 Pipi first came to Liu's home, it made her house dirty everywhere. It took a long time to teach Pipi to go to the toilet. She talks and plays with Pipi a lot. She really 14 Pipi.
15 a pet means you have to be patient and caring.
