到了门口，那个人静静地站了几秒钟，然后慢慢地转过身。“孩子们，马戏团的狗是永远不会忘记那顶大帐篷的，”他说着，“你们最好把他锁在屋子里，直至明天早晨，我不希望看到你们失去他。”
我们依照他的话做了。杰基和我们在一起生活了很多年，尽管他是我们曾经养过的小狗中最聪明的一只，但我们再也没有劝说他表演马戏团的绝技了。我们认为最好还是将那个流浪汉的话记在心里，让他永远忘却在马戏团的日子。
鸽子的奇迹
Abigail' s Dove
卡伦· 马约里·加里é / Karen Majoris Garrison
It bad been the worst snowstorm in ten years， and I' d been caught in it. After hearing earlier that it was supposed to snow later in the night， I had volunteered at our church to take groceries and medical prescriptions to elderly members in need. Since my husband was away on business， I called my mother and she immediately came over to my house to watch my three-year-old daughter， Abigail.
"Can' t someone else help those people？" she had asked me， concerned for my safety. "I have a bad feeling about this， and it looks like it might snow at any minute."
I glanced out the window and had to admit that the sky looked threatening. I began to feel uncertain.
"Mama will be okay，" my daughter smiled， taking her grandmother' s hand. "She likes helping people. Besides， I' ll be praying for her！"
My heart swelled at her words. We had such a close relationship that sometimes when I breathed， it was as though Abigail exhaled. I decided then that I had to act on what I' d been instilling in my daughter： that sometimes we just have to step out in faith and believe that God will keep us safe. Kissing my mother and daughter good-bye， I set out to make my rounds. On my last stop， the snow began to fall.