Kansas dog makes 80-km trek to her old home in Missouri

Kansas dog makes 80-km trek to her old home in Missouri

堪薩斯州狗狗跋涉80公里 回到密蘇里州老家

【摘要2020.12.10.自由】◎孫宇青

A dog named Cleo who disappeared from her home in Kansas turned up a few days later at her old home in Missouri, about 80 kilometers away.

一隻名叫克雷歐的狗狗，從堪薩斯州的家消失幾天後，出現在約80公里外的密蘇里州故居。

Colton Michael told television station KMBC that the 4-year-old Labrador retriever-border collie mix showed up on the front porch of his family’s home in Lawson.

柯頓．麥可告訴KMBC電視台，這隻4歲的拉布拉多犬與邊境牧羊犬混種狗，在他們位於（密蘇里州柯林頓郡）勞森市的家門口現身。

At first, Cleo wouldn’t let anyone get near her, said Michael, who has lived in the home for nearly two years. "She finds her way home, and there’s some strangers living in it. That would be scary for anybody," he said.

已在該處居住近2年的麥可說，克雷歐起初不讓任何人靠近牠，「牠找到回家的路，結果裡面住著陌生人，這對誰來說都很可怕。」

Eventually, he was able to gain Cleo’s trust and to get her checked for a microchip, which showed that she belonged to the former owners of his house.

最後，他成功獲得克雷歐的信任，讓牠接受晶片掃描，顯示牠的主人就是這個家的前一任屋主。

Cleo’s owners, who had moved to Olathe, Kansas, about 80 kilometers southwest of Lawson, couldn’t believe it when Michael called and said the dog had turned up at their old home.（AP）

克雷歐的主人早已搬到勞森市西南方80公里處的堪薩斯州奧拉西市，他們在接到麥可來電，說明克雷歐在以前的家現身時，簡直不敢相信。（美聯社）

新聞辭典

trek：動詞或名詞，長途旅行。例句：Trekking through the forests wore us out.（穿越森林使我們筋疲力竭。）

porch：名詞，門廊；入口處。例句：Both of us waited in the porch until the rain subsided.（我們倆在門廊等待雨勢漸緩。）

microchip：名詞，晶片。例句：It is a regulation that pets need to be implanted with microchips.（寵物必須植入晶片是規定。）