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war lying bound helpful saved bathed enough wounded hot broke Florence Nightingale
I
One day a little girl was out in the fields watching a man with his sheep.
“Why have you left your dog at home?” she asked.
The man said: “My dog can never help me with the sheep again. A cruel boy threw a stone at him and broke one of his legs. I shall kill him to-night to put him out of his pain.”
The little girl was very sad when she heard this. She did not say anything to the man, but went to his house. There she found the dog lying on the floor.
SHE BATHED THE LEG WITH HOT WATER.
II
At first the dog would not let the girl come near him. But she was kind and gentle, and at last he let her look at his leg.
She found that it was much hurt, but not broken. She bathed the leg with hot water and bound it up.
After a while she saw the man coming home to kill the dog. He loved his dog, but he knew it is better to kill an animal than to let it live in pain.
The little girl ran to him and said: “Your dog’s leg is not broken. I have bound it up. Do not kill him. I think he will be quite well in a few days.”
III
The next morning she went to see the dog again. This time he came to her at once, for he knew that she was his friend. And again she bathed his leg and bound it up.
In a few days he was well enough to go out again into the fields and help take care of the sheep.
After that, whenever the dog saw her, he ran to meet her and jumped about to show how glad he was. If a dog could speak, he would have thanked her for being so kind to him.
The man said he could never thank her enough. But for her he would have lost the best dog he ever had.
This kind and helpful little girl grew to be a kind and helpful woman. She left her home and went far away to a country where a great war was going on.
She took care of the sick and wounded soldiers, and saved many lives. Her name was Florence Nightingale.
一
一天，一位小姑娘来到田野上，看到一个男人带着羊群在放牧。
“你为什么把狗留在家里？”她问。
那人说：“我的狗再也不能帮我放羊了，一个残忍的男孩朝他扔石头，把他的一条腿打断了。今天晚上我会杀了他，让他不再受痛苦的折磨。”
小姑娘听了他的话非常难过。她什么也没说，径直来到那人家里，找到了躺在地上的小狗。
二
刚开始，小狗根本不愿让小姑娘靠近。可她看起来既温柔又善良，所以最后他就让她看了看自己的腿。
她发现他的腿伤得很严重，但并没有断，于是就用热水清洗干净伤口，然后包扎了起来。
不久，她看到狗主人回来了。他虽然很爱自己的狗，可心里很清楚，比起在伤痛中苦苦挣扎，还是死了比较好。
小姑娘跑到他跟前，说：“狗的腿没有断，我已经帮他包扎好了。请别杀他，几天后他就会好起来的。”
三
第二天一早她又去看小狗了。这次，小狗一见到她就迎了上来，因为他知道她是朋友。小姑娘又一次清洗了伤口，重新绑上绷带。
几天后，小狗真的好了起来，又可以到田野上去放羊了。
从此以后，小狗每次见到小姑娘都会跑去和她亲热一番。要是小狗会说话，一定会衷心地感谢她的善行。
狗的主人也非常感激她，要不是她，他就会失去自己心目中最棒的狗。
善良的小姑娘长大以后还是非常乐于助人，她离开家到了一个战火纷飞的国家。
她用心地照顾生病和受伤的士兵，挽救了很多生命。她的名字是弗罗伦斯·南丁格尔。