A man is driving around and he sees a sign in front of a broken house: “Talking Dog For Sale.”
He rings the bell and the owner appears and tells ___1___ the dog is in the back yard. The man goes into the back yard and sees a nice looking dog sitting there. “You talk?” he asks. “Yep,” the dog ___2___.
The man is ___3___, and he can’t believe what he hears. After the man recovers from the shock of hearing a dog talk, he says, “So, what’s your story?” The dog looks up and says, “Well, I found that I could talk ___4___ I was pretty young. I wanted to help my country, so I told the government. In no time at all they had me ___5___ from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies (间谍) and world leaders. I was one of their most important spies for eight years running.”
“But flying around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn’t getting any younger so I decided to have ___6___ job. I signed up for a job at the airport to do some security (安保工作). I ___7___ the airport a lot. I found some suspicious (怀疑的) characters. I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now I’ve just left my job.”
The man is amazed. He goes back in and asks the owner what he wants for the ___8___. “Ten dollars,” the man says. “Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so ___9___?” “Because he told a ___10___. He never did any of that thing.”
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