My favourite animal friend Arnold我最喜欢的动物朋友——阿诺德

Arnold loved to sleep on your lap as you sat on the couch watching TV. He did not care if he grew to weigh for 45 Lbs., he still expected you to hoist 提升, 拉高 him onto your lap at precisely 8:00 pm every evening where he would fall fast asleep within seconds after snuggling依偎紧贴蜷伏 his wet nose between your neck and shoulder. If you did 't respond to his initial "honks" letting you know it was his nap time, he would bump your legs with his nose until you picked him up. With his weight as it was， you could n't hold him all evening as he preferred, so you had to slide him off onto the couch next to you where he would sleep for hours with all four legs and his nose sticking straight up in the air. He would snore打呼噜 as long as he could feel you next to him but would immediately wake up if you tried to leave the couch. We had hours of fun balancing objects like a salt shaker on his flat nose while he slept soundly.

当你坐在沙发上看电视时，阿诺德喜欢睡在你的大腿上。它也不管自己已经长到45磅重，就是要你每天晚上8点准时把他抬到你大腿上，它湿乎乎的鼻子依偎在你的脖子和肩膀之间，眨眼功夫就酣睡起来了。开始的时候，它会“鼾鼾”地提醒你到休息点了，而如果你没反应，它就会用鼻子撞你的脚，直到你把它抱起为止。以它的重量，若要让它如愿，整晚抱着它，那你是根本受不了的，所以得让它顺势滑到旁边的沙发上，让它四脚朝天地呼呼睡上几个小时。只要它感觉到你就在它身边，它会尽情地打它的呼噜睡他的觉；但是一旦你想要起身离开，它就会马上醒来。它沉睡时，我会在它那扁平的鼻子上摆放像盐甁那样的小玩意儿，并让它们保持平衡不倒，这样一玩儿就是几个小时。

Arnold helped me in all my chores around our five acres in the country. Just being there at my feet, interested in what I was doing made even the most mundane单调的平凡的 tasks enjoyable. When he was out roaming闲逛漫步 and foraging觅食搜寻 and you would call out his name,  he would come running at top speed,  honking the whole way until he got close to you where he would dodge闪开躲开 you, zigzagging曲折前进 around with a few victory roles turning in circles before settling down and carmly walking up to you with his tail wagging as if to say "hah, got-cha."

在我们乡下那五英亩见方的土地上，我做什么家务事阿诺德都会与我相伴。它只是在我脚边，对我做的事兴致勃勃，这就足以让最索然无味的家务变得有趣起来。它在外面溜达觅食时，只要喊它的名字，它就会以最快的速度朝你奔来，“鼾鼾”地一路叫着。跑到离你不远的地方，它又会跟你玩起捉迷藏，左躲右闪，绕着圈，一副凯旋的模样，然后才静下来慢慢跑到你面前，摇摇尾巴，好像眨着眼对你说：“哈，总算找到你啦！”

Arnold went most everywhere with us -- Pet's Mart, Wal-Mart, birthday parties, Christmas vacation to Grandma's. He loved riding in the car /shopping basket and was a big hit everywhere he went. Arnold had become such an important part of our life …

我们去哪里，阿诺德几乎都跟我们在一起——宠物用品超市、沃尔玛超市、生日派对，圣诞假期它还和我们一起到奶奶家去。它喜欢坐在手推车或者购物篮里，所到之处都大受欢迎。阿诺德已经在我们的生活中占据了一个重要的位置…