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There are already too many. It’s not sanitary.”
这里已经有很多狗了，很不卫生。”
“She says otherwise, the dogs all die. There are not enough people to take them on.”
她说，要是你不帮忙的话，这些狗都会死掉的。愿意接纳它们的人不多。”
“It is against the law.”
“但这是违法的。”
“Please don’t tell, Doctor.”
“拜托你了，医生。”
“You put me in a bad position, Bobby. I have to be concerned with their welfare.”
“你这样让我很为难，鲍比。我得为它们的幸福着想。”
“We bring them to you if they are sick.”
“如果它们生病了，我们就把它们带到你这里来。”
“Someone is going to file a complaint, Bobby.”
“鲍比，你这样，肯定会有人投诉的。”
“Please, don’t.”
“拜托你不要投诉。”
“Oh, not me. I’m not going to say anything without telling you first, give you a chance to find a solution. Okay, Toby?”
“哦，我说的不是我。我不会在没有告诉你之前对外透露半个字，我先给你一个找到解决方案的机会。这样如何,托比?”
I gave her a lick on the hand.
我舔了一下她的手。
“Good boy. We’re going to get you into surgery now, fix you right up.” Bobby chuckled.
“乖。我们现在要给你做手术，你很快就会康复的。“鲍比笑着说。
Soon I was in another room, brightly lit but deliciously cool, full of the strong chemical smell that came off the nice lady.
很快，我就来到了另一个房间，这里十分明亮，凉爽宜人，空气中弥漫着那位漂亮女士身上散发出来的强烈的化学气息。
Bobby held me tightly and I lay still, somehow sensing this was what he wanted.
鲍比紧紧地抱着我，我静静地躺着，不知怎么地，我觉得他就是希望我能乖乖躺好。
It felt good to be held like that, and I thumped my tail.
这样被抱着感觉真好，我甩了甩自己的尾巴。
I felt a brief, sharp pain, behind my neck, but I didn’t complain, wagging vigorously to show that I didn’t mind.
我感到脖子后面一阵短暂的剧痛，但我没有叫出来，我只是使劲地摇晃着尾巴，表示我并不介意。
The next thing I knew, I was back in the Yard!
等我下一次睁开眼的时候，我发现自己已经回到了院子里！
I opened my eyes and tried to stand up, but my back legs weren’t working.
我睁开眼睛，想站起来，但是我的后腿动不了。
I was thirsty but too tired to go get water.
我很渴，但累得没法去找水喝。
I put my head down and went back to sleep.
我低下头继续睡觉。
When I awoke, I was instantly aware that there was something around my neck, a white cone of some kind,
当我醒来的时候，我立刻意识到我的脖子上有什么东西，好像是一个白色的锥形项圈，
so stupid looking I worried I might be dismissed from the pack.
我现在看起来好傻，我担心伙伴们可能会因此嫌弃我。
I had an aching, itchy feeling between my back legs,
我现在感觉两条后腿又痛又痒，
though I couldn’t get at it with my teeth because of the silly collar.
但因为戴着项圈的缘故，我没法用牙齿缓解这种痛痒的感觉。
I stumbled over to the faucet and drank a little, my stomach queasy and my underside very, very sore.
我踉踉跄跄地走到水龙头前，喝了一点水，我的胃不舒服，腹部非常非常疼。
