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He stayed until I was out of sight, then turned and trotted north along the river and into the woods.
一直待到我看不見為止，然后轉身沿河向北小跑，進了樹林。
If the rest of his life was a mystery, when we were together we became fast friends.
如果狗的余生是個謎，那么我們在一起的時候，就成了親密的朋友。
I'd cook an extra egg sandwich for him, and when there were no ducks, we would talk.
我會給它多做一個雞蛋三明治，當沒有鴨子的時候，我們就會聊天。
That is, I would talk; Ike would sit, his enormous head resting on my knee,
我講話，艾克坐在那里，碩大的腦袋靠在我的膝蓋上，
his huge brown eyes looking up at me while I petted him and told him all my troubles.
當我撫摸它的時候，它那雙棕色的大眼睛看著我，我把我所有的煩惱都告訴它。
On the weekends when I stayed out, I would construct a lean-to and make a fire.
外出的周末，我會建一個披屋，生一堆火。
Ike would curl up on the edge of my blanket.
艾克會蜷縮在我的毯子邊上。
Many mornings I'd awaken to find him under the frost-covered blanket with me, sound asleep,
許多早晨，我醒來發現它躺在滿是冰霜的毯子里，睡得很熟，
my arm thrown over him, his breath rumbling against my side.
我的手臂搭在它身上，它的呼吸聲在我身側隆隆作響。
It seemed Ike had always been in my life. Then one morning he wasn't there.
一直以來，似乎艾克成為我生活的一部分。有一天早上，它不見了。
I would wait in the mornings by the bridge, but he never showed again.
早上我在橋邊等，但它再也沒有出現過。
I thought he might have been hit by a car or his owners might have moved away.
我想它可能是被車撞了，或者它的主人可能已經搬走了。
But I could not learn more of him. I mourned him and missed him.
但關于它的其它事我一概不知。我哀悼它，想念它。
I grew up and went into the crazy parts of my life, the mistakes a young man could make.
我長大了，也做了些瘋狂的事，這些錯誤年輕人都會犯。
Later I got back into dogs—sled dogs—and ran the Idita-rod race across Alaska.
后來狗又出現在我的生活中——雪橇犬——參加艾迪塔羅德比賽，穿越阿拉斯加洲。
After my first run, I came back home to Minnesota with slides of the race.
第一次跑完之后，我帶著比賽的幻燈片回到了明尼蘇達的家。
