Outside the kennel, Snowy Lionet was pinching and rubbing Richard's soft body; Richard was telling some dirty jokes to a few boys, and they were all stunned; Pi was happily swinging between the training facilities such as the trestle, the herringbone board, the obstacle wall, the crawler frame, and the cable bridge, as if it was playing in the jungle; Xinghai was jumping back and forth between the crawler pipes, as if it was running a maze; Fina hated being surrounded by people, so it proudly jumped onto the roof of the car, overlooking everyone.
While feeding the dog, Ning Lan asked curiously, "Store Manager Zhang, that parrot is amazing. It can talk so well. Did you train it?"
"Sort of, but training a parrot to talk mainly depends on the parrot's talent, and has little to do with the person," Zhang Zian answered cautiously. He didn't want to take on another mission to train a parrot to talk.
"I think that monkey is smart and cute. I really want to raise one." The boy with glasses pushed the dining cart and looked out of the window at Pi with envy.
"Don't raise it." Zhang Zian reminded him, "Raising wild animals requires talent, and you can't raise primates casually. This monkey isn't mine, I raised it for someone else."
"Oh." The boy with glasses was regretful.
Compared to the last time he came, Zhang Zian noticed that some of the cages had changed owners, and some of the empty cages had new owners. He remembered that the police dog in Cage No. 3 was too old, and almost all of its teeth had fallen out. It could only eat soaked soft pellets, and couldn't chew on stew or stew.
Its eyes were slightly open, and it was lying on its side in the cage, motionless.
Ning Lan and the boy with glasses were obviously used to it. They jumped over its cage during feeding, and went directly to feed X in Cage No. 4. They planned to return to Cage No. 3 to feed it alone after feeding the other dogs.
Although it had lost half of its hind legs, and there were many shrapnel scars on its body, X was still very strong, and it was chewing food like a wolf.
Famous was far more sensitive than the humans present. It seemed to smell something strange, probably the protein breakdown and hormonal changes in its body. It was very weak, but it couldn't escape its sense of smell.
It moved closer to Cage 3 and sniffed, then ran to Zhang Zian's side, pulled on his trouser leg, and whispered, "The dog in Cage 3 is dead."
Zhang Zian was stunned. He looked up at Cage 3 and stopped Fu Tao. "Master Fu, the dog in Cage 3 doesn't seem to be doing well. Maybe it's dying …"
He remembered the last time he came here, the dog in Cage 3 had already shown signs of losing its appetite. It didn't even finish half of the food in the food bowl. At that time, he knew that the dog wouldn't last long.
Fu Tao frowned and exchanged glances with Ning Lan and the others. "It can't be, right? You were fine this morning, right? "
Ning Lan and Zhang Zian also showed a puzzled expression, thinking that Zhang Zian might have made a mistake. "Yes, we fed it in the morning, and it was very energetic today. Not only did it eat more than usual, but it also licked my hand."
Fu Tao's frown deepened. "What? He ate more than usual and licked your hand? "
"Yeah." Ning Lan nodded.
Fu Tao didn't believe it at first, but after hearing this, he guessed that it was the last radiance of the setting sun.
He took out the key to open the door of Cage 3, squatted down, and pressed the old dog's chest and abdomen.
Ning Lan and the boy with glasses stared at his movements, holding their breaths and holding their long spoons tightly.
After a long time, Fu Tao stood up and sighed. "It died after all. It didn't make it past the New Year."
His words and expression said it all.
Ning Lan bit her lower lip and said with self-blame, "I'm sorry. I should have noticed it earlier. I didn't notice anything wrong with it this morning."
Fu Tao waved his hand to stop her from saying anything, then turned around and walked out of the kennel.
Ning Lan thought that Fu Tao was angry, so she blamed herself even more.
"You don't have to be too sad. It's inevitable to die of old age. There are so many dogs, how could you have noticed every single one of them?" Zhang Zian comforted Ning Lan. "Besides, this dog died of natural causes. It died of old age. Look at its peaceful expression. To be able to die of old age next to its companion, and to lick your hand to say goodbye to you before it dies, this is already a very happy thing."
Ning Lan was still very sad. "If I had noticed it earlier, I could have stayed by its side."
"No, you're wrong. It probably held on and waited for you to leave before it breathed its last. Don't forget that it's a police dog. It has its own dignity, and it didn't want others to see it die," Zhang Zian explained.
A moment later, Fu Tao pushed a wheelbarrow that was commonly seen in construction sites into the kennel. He picked up the dead police dog and put it into the wheelbarrow. There was also a shovel in the wheelbarrow.
"The dumplings are ready. You guys eat first. I'll go up the hill and bury it," he said briefly and pushed the wheelbarrow away.
"Wait!" Zhang Zian stopped him and pulled out the big bouquet of carnations from the vase. He shook off the water stains and put it next to the dead police dog. "I'll help you."
"I'll go too!"
"I'll go too!"
Ning Lan and the boy with glasses shouted.
"You guys don't have to go. Clean up Cage 3 and make room. Maybe there will be new police dogs after the New Year." Fu Tao covered the dog's body with a large plastic sheet and pushed the wheelbarrow out of the kennel.
Zhang Zian whispered to the two of them, "Don't tell your classmates about this first, in case it dilutes the atmosphere of the New Year."
They nodded.
After saying that, Zhang Zian chased after him.
In the yard, some of the girls felt it was too cold outside and had already returned to their rooms. The rest were still playing with the cats.
"Master Fu, the dumplings are almost ready. Where are you going?" They saw Fu Tao pushing the wheelbarrow out and asked curiously. Their eyes glanced at the plastic sheet covering the wheelbarrow.
Fu Tao wasn't good at lying, so Zhang Zian answered for him, "We're going to move the things. We'll be back soon. You guys eat first when the dumplings are ready."
He snapped his fingers and called the elfins to go with him.
Fina was tired of the noisy students. It jumped off the roof of the car. Seeing that Fina was about to leave, Snowy Lionet also broke free from the girls' arms and followed behind Fina.
Xinghai and Pi left the training facility and ran towards him.
Richard flapped its wings and flew into Zhang Zian's hood. "Quack! Are we leaving? I'm freezing! "
"It's because you keep talking. That's why it's cold." Zhang Zian shook his head. "We still have to wait for a while. Let's go up the mountain first."
"Quack? Up the mountain? Where are we going? " Richard rolled its small black eyes and said mischievously, "Brother, when you climb up the mountain, you'll be missing one person."
Zhang Zian knew that Richard wouldn't change. Once it got carried away, it would talk without thinking. Zhang Zian glared at it threateningly, and it shut its mouth.
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