記者李依融／綜合報導
住在美國的男孩Carter因為心愛巴哥犬Piper走失非常難過，但最近他的聖誕驚喜提前到來，放學後看到朝思暮想的Piper在媽媽的副駕駛座，驚訝地瞪大眼不敢相信，抱到狗狗的剎那眼淚忍不住潰堤。
I can’t even! Edited story for the curious! On November 18, we let our pug, Piper, out to go potty, and she didn’t come back when we called her. It had been a long two and a half weeks for my oldest two children, Carter and Natalie, thinking they would never see their puppy again. Piper was a very special gift for Carter’s 12th birthday: he had always wanted a black pug since he spent his baby years with another pug he loved very much -Oliver- who had to go live with another family while his baby brother was sick. We posted and shared and talked to neighbors, news venues, and community groups but as the days passed, our hope waned. But then, amazingly we got a message this Monday night that a dog that looked like Piper had been picked up and taken to the animal shelter. I was truly shocked. We had all resigned ourselves to the reality that she prolly wouldn’t come back. Lo and behold, it was her! Seeing her little tail wag as she came out from the back of the GeneseeCounty AnimalShelter where she had been so well taken can of, I lost it!! Carter and Natalie were out of town for a few days with their dads family, and so I hoped to make their reunions special. This video is no doubt the embodiment of that! It’s so amazing to see the love, and honestly the video says more than any words I could write. My son loves his dog so much, was sick while she was gone, and tonite she’s sleeping next to him again. What a Christmas miracle for our family and thank you to everyone who helped bring Piper home
由 April Elizabeth Licata 發佈於 2019年12月5日 星期四
Carter的媽媽April Elizabeth Licata表示，11月18日那天她讓Piper和另一隻狗狗到家門外上廁所，但叫狗狗進屋時卻發現Piper失蹤了，「Piper是Carter的12歲生日禮物，Carter非常疼愛他的狗狗，而這漫長的2周半以來，孩子們認為再也見不到Piper非常傷心，我也非常自責。」
April Elizabeth Licata12月2日晚上接到意外的來電，有人說撿到一隻像Piper的狗狗送到收容所，她馬上前往確認真的是Piper，「看到牠搖著尾巴興奮地跑過來，被照顧得很好，我真的如釋重負。」由於兒子Carter和女兒Natalie剛好到奶奶家玩，April Elizabeth Licata決定讓這個重逢變得更驚喜，她帶Piper去接Carter回家，並把兒子最真實的反應錄下來。
影片中，Carter放學走向媽媽的車子，正要開車門卻見到副駕駛座有個思念已久的身影，他馬上睜大眼睛驚訝不已，接著摀住嘴巴忍著淚水，放好書包後他開門抱住Piper，眼淚再也忍不住潰堤，而Piper見到小主人也興奮地狂搖尾巴、舔臉撒嬌。
April Elizabeth Licata5日在臉書分享這段影片，許多網友也不禁跟著紅了眼眶，「看到Carter的反應好真實，他一定非常想念Piper。」、「開心的淚水最珍貴」、「我看了也跟著又笑又哭啦！」大家都為提前到來的聖誕驚喜感動不已。
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