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1、~Andy'sHobbiesAndyisalwayswatchinganimalprogramsonTV．WhenhewasachildhisfavoritebookswereGeraldDurrel'sanimalbooks．Healsowrotedownsomethingaboutanimalswhenheheardthem—especiallytheonesthatwereaboutlovinganimals．Hehasalwayshadpets．Hisfirstanimalfriendswer
2、epigs．Andthenhetriedhisbesttopersuadehisparentstogetadog．ForsomereasonstheydidnotseemtobelieveAndywouldwalkthedogthreetimesaday，nomatterhowAndypromisedhe'ddoit．Hedidhisbesttopersuadethem：hewasgoodatdrawingandleftdrawingsofdogsallovertheplace．Herantothel
3、ibrary，borrowedallthedogbookshecouldfind，andleftthemlyingaroundaswell．Hisparentswerequiteusedtohisbookslyingaroundeverywhere．ThenAndy'smotherwastoldafriend'scathadkittensandtheycouldgoandgetone．AtfirstAndywasalittledisappointed．Astimewentby，helearnedtol
4、ovethecatsomuchhehashadcatseversince．Catsletusknowwhenitistimetochangethesofa．EitherwhenthefabricstartstolooklikeEinstein'shairthathasbeencombedwithcatpaws，thankstothegenerousdonationofcathair．安迪的愛(ài)好安迪總是看電視節(jié)目上的動(dòng)物頻道。當(dāng)他還是個(gè)孩子的時(shí)候，他最喜歡的書(shū)就是杰拉爾德·達(dá)雷爾寫(xiě)的有關(guān)動(dòng)物的書(shū)籍。每當(dāng)
5、他聽(tīng)到一些關(guān)于動(dòng)物的事情，尤其是那些有關(guān)愛(ài)護(hù)動(dòng)物的故事，他都會(huì)記錄下來(lái)。他一直愛(ài)養(yǎng)寵物，他的第一個(gè)動(dòng)物朋友是豬。后來(lái)他盡自己的最大努力去說(shuō)服他父母為他買(mǎi)一只狗。由于某些原因，無(wú)論安迪怎樣承諾，他們似乎并不相信安迪會(huì)每天出去遛狗三次。他盡自己的最大努力說(shuō)服他們：他擅長(zhǎng)畫(huà)畫(huà)，到處都放著狗的素描。他跑到圖書(shū)館去借他能找到的所有關(guān)于狗的書(shū)籍，也把它們丟得到處都是。他的父母已經(jīng)習(xí)慣他把書(shū)丟得到處都是了。后來(lái)安迪的母親得知一個(gè)朋友家的貓生了小貓，他們可以去抱一只回家。起初安迪感到有點(diǎn)失望，但自從有了貓之后，隨著時(shí)
6、間的推移他學(xué)會(huì)給貓很多愛(ài)護(hù)。貓讓我們知道什么時(shí)候該換沙發(fā)了，也就是當(dāng)沙發(fā)織物開(kāi)始看起來(lái)像用貓爪梳理過(guò)的愛(ài)因斯坦的頭發(fā)時(shí)，這其實(shí)多虧有了慷慨捐贈(zèng)的貓毛。LarrySchwarz'sHobbiesLarrySchwarzhasplayedwithtoysallhislife．Asachild，heoftenpulledhistoysapart，andthengluedthembacktogether．Hemadetoyrockets，cars，andbuildingsoutofboxes．Although
7、heputhistoysawaylongenoughtobecomealawyer，heneverlosthischildhoodpassionfortoys．Schwarzdreamedupmanytoyswhileinschool．Insteadoftakingnotesinclass，hefilled26notebookswithtoysketches!Still，hemanagedtogethislawyerdegree．Today，insteadofworkinginacourtroom，S
8、chwarzskateboardsaroundhisRumpus'sheadquartersinNewYorkCity．In1997，hestartedtheRumpusToycompanyandinventedallkindofcrazytoys，likeGusGutz，adollwith12spongyorgans，andSyKlops，aone-eyeddoll．Eventheboxesareplayful．Printedinstructionso
