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We were on our way ..... one night at about 10 o’clock.

I realized it was ..... .

The small, blonde pooch was too afraid to let us come near him, so

we just sat near him and ..... .

After about 30 minutes of sitting there alongside the busy road, .....,

and released the horn over and over and over again to warn us away.

We finally coaxed the dog into the back of our car and we ..... .

The dog had been missing for ..... and had travelled from deep in

Southeast Portland.

Peanut ..... and immediately began to jump up and down.

8. As soon as the owner saw his dog, his head fell to his hands and he started ..... .

My parents and I were driving down Macadam Ave in Portland OR

in September 1996.

I was in the passenger seat, and all I could see was another car in

the middle of the street.

Once I realized it was a dog who had been hit by a car, my dad called the police.

I was finally able to get this very scared and frantic dog off the

road, and to sit and stay in one place.

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