On the border, a pack of wild dogs circled the soldiers for food． The leader of the pack was a gray- and-white dog called Nubs． He was11and hardly able to stand． Marine major Brian Dennis looked12and saw that there was a knife wound in his chest．
Dennis couldn't stand seeing the dog13_．He and his men immediately treated the wound, and gave Nubs medicine．Nubs pulled through but was still in14．The next day, the team had to15 . Ten days later, Dennis' unit was back, and so was Nubs． He was still16，but the men fed him and played with him．
Before long the unit once again left for the front 70 miles away． Nubs, slowly but 17, followed them far into the trackless wasteland _ 18the men lost sight of him．Two days later, beyond Dennis'19, he saw Nubs just outside the outpost（前哨）．The dog had 20him across 70 miles of frozen desert to meet with the friend who had21his life．From then on Nubs and the men 22 in the same place, and ran around in the same ruins（废墟）．
Until an order came that they were not23_ to have pets, Dennis decided to make sure the dog would24 _ to live the good life．So he quickly raised $4,000 from his family and friends to25 Nubs to America．
A year later, when Dennis and the dog were26in California, at first Nubs didn't27the guy．But within minutes, the dog jumped into Dennis' arms, jumping 28again and again to lick his friend's face．
A little love and concern in the middle of29will not save a violent world． But small stories, like the story of a soldier and a clog, hold a30 of a harmonious（和谐的）world．
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