第9章 一路爱相送 (9)
The little dog had been a part of our family for about two years when a hobo knocked at the back door and asked if we could give him something to eat. The request wasn' t at all unusual. In those days， many hobos stopped at our corner. Mother brought a plate of food to the porch where he waited. As he sat down to eat， we boys gathered around him. He began telling us all the places he' d been and the many things he' d seen. We were spellbound by his tales.