摘要：“Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and bark.”
你在小区微信群看到有人发牢骚：“谁家狗老在门口叫啊！真吵！”
你下意识看向自家门口的 Rex，正蹲在门外、仰头狂吠。脑子里马上浮现：
“Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and bark.”
你无奈叹口气：“它不是想进来，是在喊开门！”
邻居们的抱怨太多，你老公决定训练 Rex 学会自己开门。
他花了几个星期，每天蹲在地上和 Rex 对话：“你要学会用爪子按这个 latch（门闩）。”
终于有一天，奇迹出现了：
“My husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch… Rex soon became an expert at opening the gate.”
你看到狗子熟练按门闩的样子，仿佛它是隔壁中专毕业的锁匠。
某天你准备出门，刚走出门口，看到 Rex 正站在门内狂叫。你一脸疑惑：你不是已经在里面了吗？
这时你忽然想起那句：
“This time he was barking so that someone would let him out!”
Rex 的眼神像在说：“我只是想享受被你们服务的感觉。”
从那以后，Rex 发明了一种新玩法：
自己开门进来；等门关上；坐下，开始“哇哇哇”；有人开门放他出去；一出门，立刻又开门回来……你抓狂地想起这段：
“Then he sits and barks until someone lets him out. After this he immediately lets himself in and begins barking again.”
狗子一脸满足地表示：“生活需要仪式感。”
终于你老公忍无可忍，把大门整个拆掉。
结果 Rex 一脸震惊、怒气冲冲地离家出走。你坐在沙发上翻着 Rex 的旧照片，心里默默想起那句：
“Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since.”
你默默地打开朋友圈，发了一条——
“有谁见到我家狗？它离家出走了，因为门不见了……”
来源：文泰教育