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狗狗布鲁娜的遗赠 　　It was March 13，1997. I put the car in the garage and went into the kitchen. I was absolutely speechless！ 　　Sitting in a little flower basket on the table，with her eyes on me，was a gorgeous，tiny apricot poodle puppy！Needless to say，it was love at first，during，last and eternal sight！ 　　Bruna had made her entry into my life that day. I did not know it then but I was the purpose of her existence. 　　Every night，before going to bed，we would say our prayers.“Dear God，thank you so much for another lovely day. Thank you for my food，for my fresh water，for my comfortable bed，for my freedom，for my naps，for our canaries and our trees. And most of all，dear God，thank you for having a mommy and a daddy who love me so much. Please God，take care of all my friends who live in the streets and who are hungry or thirsty，who sleep on the sidewalks，are mistreated，hurt， and don’t have a mommy and a daddy who love them like I have. I love you. Yours，Bruna.” 　　I would kiss her heart and put her to bed. 　　In 2002，I had to take a training class in Washington，D.C.，for the first three weeks in November. I came back on November 27. 　　The next day it was Thanksgiving and was extremely warm in Rio de Janeiro. I had to go to my parent’s house since my husband had left his cell phone there. I took my car out of the garage because it had air conditioning for Bruna，rather than taking my husband’s car. 　　Bruna wanted to sit on my lap so I helped her. Then she wanted to turn around and once again I lowered my eyes for a fraction of a second and helped her. The truck in front of me stopped at the light and I hit the truck. I didn’t even brake. The air bag opened and killed Bruna instantly against my left breast. I was literally hysterical. I kicked the door open，and screaming， put her on the grass and massaged her heart. She did not move. Bruna had left me. 　　I had to be taken to the hospital for exams. They found that despite the fact that the air bag had opened side-ways towards