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When Mum, my sister and I would massage Dad’s arms and legs to prevent his muscles from weakening, Mum would often comment that he was the luckiest man alive to have three women massaging him, and I would always chime in:“Now all you need is Coffee to give you a ‘lick-lick’foot massage!” No matter how many times I repeated this comment, the whole family would laugh.
It took almost a full year of extensive physiotherapy and rehabilitation before Dad was finally well enough to return home to Australia —and it was a homecoming I’ll never forget. Naturally, Coffee was there waiting for Dad and, with no idea that he wasn’t as steady on his feet as before, Coffee promptly launched himself into Dad’s arms, almost bowling him over. But Dad didn’t seem to mind one bit: the smile on his face was the most beautiful I’ve ever seen and the tears in his eyes said it all.
It seems unbelievable now to look back and realise that, during the worst crisis my family ever faced, it was humorous stories about a silly little dog which kept us all sane, but that’s the truth. It’s not just smart dogs that save the day—Coffee is living proof of that.
我的小狗名字叫“咖啡”，是一隻黑棕相間的澳洲狗。它算不上特別聰明，也不怎麼聽話，甚至對我們也不是特別忠心。隻有它樂意的時候，或是我手裡拿著食物的時候，它才會聽到我叫它後跑過來。它從來不會準確理解我的意思，我不高興或受傷的時候，它也絲毫沒有察覺。因此，你經常聽說的那些聰明的小狗的故事，從來不會發生在它身上，它根本不可能在危急時刻拯救我。
但是，我不得不承認咖啡養成這個毛病在很大程度上要歸結於它的成長經曆：它被寵壞了，而父親就是“罪魁禍首”。儘管父親會提高嗓門說話讓我和妹妹感到害怕，但是，無論咖啡有多淘氣，我從來沒聽到他對咖啡大喊大叫過。事實上，隻要咖啡朝餅乾盒子看一眼，父親立馬就會給它拿餅乾。我們抗議這種不公平待遇的時候，父親臉上總會心虛地傻笑。很長時間以來，我們都開玩笑說如果父親有兒子的話，咖啡是最合適不過了。
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五年以前，我們的生活發生了翻天覆地的變化。僅一個月的工夫，父親就遭遇了兩次腦溢血的重創。那時他正在香港出差，不過所幸母親和妹妹陪在他身邊。我當時正在墨爾本念大學，一得到消息，我就把咖啡委托給一位親戚照看，登上第一班飛往香港的飛機。
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。案答的要想們我過到聽有沒來從們我，喪沮人讓很果結是但。題問些一的問要都天每們我是些這”？嗎裡哪在你道知你“”？嗎性男是你“”？嗎斯西朗弗叫是你“：如例。答回”是不“或”是“用能，題問的本基些一問是法方種一的善改所有否是態狀神精親父試測。查檢規常做親父給士護助協能還們我，後以間時段一過經
父到看她為因，了住停然突卻，我落數要正來身過轉，傻很樣這我得覺親母”？嗎虎老隻是啡咖“：出而口脫就我時點這到識意有沒還我在至甚。啡咖念想在都直一我，前之點一這到識意我在，了神走我，時題問的行例些那問複重地斷不在，天一有來後
