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There once was a stray dog (流浪狗) named Rufus who was the most amazing dog on Kumquat Street. He could hear a ladybug blowing its nose. He could see a pill bug eating a black licorice candy at midnight. Rufus could even smell a caterpillar that hadn’t washed its feet.
You would think that Rufus, being so amazing, was also happy, But he wasn’t, You see, there was one thing that kept Rufus from being adopted by his favorite human. And that was... Rufus barked backward. Here's what he sounded like: “Wob- wow! Wob-wow! Fra-fra-fra! Krab-krab!”
Rufus could stand being laughed at by every squirrel and cat in the neighborhood. What he couldn’t stand was that his bark kept him from living with Janie Johnson.
Janie never laughed at Rufus when he barked. More than anything else, Rufus wanted to be her pet. He wanted to play catch in her yard every day and sleep at the foot of her bed each night.
But Janie's father, Mr. Johnson, wouldn't hear of it, “What? A dog that barks backward? We'd be the laughing stocks of Kumquat Street! We Johnsons didn't get where we are today by adopting dogs that bark backward. No. Janie. It's out of the question.”
“I’m sorry,” Janie told Rufus one morning as they sat on her front porch. “I keep telling Daddy how great you are. He just won't listen.”
“Krab-krab!” said Rufus.
“Yes, sometimes he is bad-tempered," said Janie “I’ll keep trying, though. Don't worry.”
But Rufus did worry. That evening he talked it over with his friend Bill Bulldog. “I don't think Mr. Johnson will ever like me,” Rufus said, “As long as I bark backward, he'll never let me live in his home.”
“Have you tried treatment?” asked Bill.
Rufus said, “I've tried everything. Nothing helps, It's just the way I bark.”
“You're a great dog Roof, Anyone can see that," said Bill. “It just takes some humans longer to figure it out, that's all, Hey, want to go with me to Succotash Street? I've heard that their garbage is fantastic.”
Rufus yawned, “No, thanks," he said, “I'll take