1、Eight years ago, my family spent a long time in naming my dog．We finally  36  that we would call her Kang-Yang．In Korea, Kang  37   a puppy while Yang refers to Miss．It is a name we give to a(n)  38  ．At that time her name had no  39  meaning, but now it has become a very beautiful and meaningful name to me．

   I  40   when she first came to my house．She was very  41  ．She would not eat anything, so I took care of her very carefully．A few weeks later, she was getting  42  ．

   One day when I came home, my dog looked  43  ．That day, she did not welcome me as she   44  did．Not until the next morning did I  45  that she had been hit by a car．46  ,she was alive, but her leg was broken．47  our good care of her, later her leg got better  48  she was getting weaker．Finally she got a secondary  49  ．She couldn’t eat anything, and she couldn’t walk．50  ,the animal doctor said that my dog would die．When we saw our dog’s eyes, she looked like she might say something like “Please, don’t  51  ! I want to live with you!” We did everything that we could to help her．Finally, our efforts paid off―she  52  ．

  Through all that  53  ,we realized that my dog was  54  more than an animal．We found out that she was a member of our family．Also, we learned the value of  55  ．