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- Andys Hobbies Andy is always watching animal programs on TV．When he was a child his favorite books were Gerald Durrels animal books ．Healso wrote down something about animals when he heard them — especially the ones that were about loving animals ． He has always had pets ． His first animal friends were pigs ．And then he tried his best to persuade his parents to get a dog．For some reasons they did not seem to believe Andy would walk the dog three times a day ， no matter how Andy promised hed do it ． He did his best to persuade them ：he was good at drawing and left drawings of dogs all over the place ．He ran to the library ，borrowed all the dog books he could find ，and left them lying around as well ．His parents were quite used to his books lying around everywhere ． Then Andys mother was told a friends cat had kittens and they could go and get one ．At first Andy was a little disappointed ．As time went by ，he learned to love the cat so much he has had cats ever since ． Cats let us know when it is time to change the sofa ． Either when the fabric starts to look like Einsteins hair that has been combed with cat paws ， thanks to the generous donation of cat hair ． 安迪的爱好 安迪总是看电视节目上的动物频道。当他还是个孩子的 时候，他最喜欢的书就是杰拉尔德·达雷尔写的有关动物的 书籍。每当他听到一些关于动物的事情，尤其是那些有关爱 护动物的故事，他都会记录下来。 他一直爱养宠物，他的第一个动物朋友是猪。后来他尽 自己的最大努力去说服他父母为他买一只狗。由于某些原 因，无论安迪怎样承诺，他们似乎并不相信安迪会每天出去 遛狗三次。 -- - 他尽自己的最大努力说服他们：他擅长画画，到处都放 着狗的素描。他跑到图书馆去借他能找到的所有关于狗的书 籍，也把它们丢得到处都是。他的父母已经习惯