这是我最近遇到的事情。
This just recently happened to me.
先透露一点重要的故事背景
A bit of backstory that's important:
我们家一直很穷
my family has always been poor,
但我们一直团结一心
but we are a very close knit family,
我们爱自己的宠物，胜过家里任何其他东西
who loves our animals above any possessions.
这个一月
Now this January,
我们家的情况越发糟糕了
things went south for our family,
让我们从穷困，变成了无家可归，一无所有
taking us from just poor, to homeless and having lost everything
一无所有，除了我们的宠物
everything except for our animals.
那是一个寒冷的冬天，我们别无选择，只能向南方迁移，
It was a cold winter and we had no choice but to move south,
希望一切都能好起来
and try and make things work
我和祖母最终找到了一个落脚之地，这真是一个奇迹
By some miracle, my grandma and I were able to get a place,
我那两只美丽的德国牧羊犬也和我们在一起
and have my two beautiful German Shepherd there with us.
不幸的是，我们在新家住了一个星期左右的时候
Unfortunately, about a week into living there,
钱都花光了
all funds were gone,
家里的狗粮也快吃完了
and my dog food was running out.
我们给镇上每一户人家去电话，希望有人能帮助我们。
We called all over town, trying to find someone.
任何人！
Anyone!
可是，没有人愿意赊账给我们，让我们去买狗粮
Nobody would even consider doing a charge account to get the dogs food,
也没有人愿意帮助我们照顾
and nobody were willing to help with pets.
我开始用人类的食物给狗狗们喂食，尽管家里给人吃的食物也非常少
I started feeding my dogs the very little human food I had in the house because they were out!
我非常担心它们得不到足够偶读营养。
I was so scared that they weren't getting enough nutrition .
更糟糕的是，
Even worse...
家里的母狗狗怀孕了，需要额外补充营养
my female was pregnant and needed extra nutrition.
我感到难以形容的恐惧和压抑。
I can't even begin to tell you the fear and devastation I felt.
我晚上做噩梦，梦到失去了它
I was having nightmares about losing her,
梦到它的身体变得极其衰弱
or her getting super sick,
它的伴侣也随它而去
and the male eventually following in her footsteps.
我的狗狗是我生活的全部
My dogs are everything to me.
终于，一个奇迹降临了
Then...a miracle came finally.
我们决定最后打电话给一户镇上的人
We called one last place in town,
那是一家农具和动物用品连锁店
a small chain farm equipment and animal supply store.
店里一位好心的女人接了电话
There, a kind lady answered the phone.
她说她要去确认一下，店里是否允许赊账
She checked if she could do a charge..
随后告诉我们，不能赊账。
and she couldn't.
接着她帮我们查了一下店里狗粮的价格，随后告诉了我们。
Then she checked on dog food prices, and told us what they were.
接着，这个好心的女孩——她与我年龄相仿
Then, this sweet girl, around the same age that I am,
差不多刚成年——
so just barely an adult,
告诉我，她有些存款
told me she had extra money,
愿意为我购买一些狗粮
and she would buy the dog food for me.
她甚至没有要求我们还钱
She didn't even ask to be paid back
（当然，我要把钱还给她，这是她应得的，她值得得到更多！
(though of course I am, because she deserves that and more!).
当我看到女孩的话时，我哭了起来。
When I heard that, I started crying.
我的恐惧终于消减了，狗狗们得到了合理的喂养
My fears were allayed, my dogs would be fed properly,
这全都要感谢那个自己掏腰包买下狗粮的年轻女孩
All because this young woman paid for it out of her own pocket.
她甚至都不认识我，我想她会这样帮助任何人
She doesn't know me, I could have been anybody.
她却不以此自居，只是说
But she said
我只是为你的狗狗们感到担心
"I just feel so bad for your dogs.
我知道你此刻的感受
I know what its like,
特别是刚搬完家，忙乱又陌生
especially with just having moved.
正好我还有点零花钱，我知道，我必须为你做点什么。
I knew since I had a bit of extra money, I just had to do something."
这个年轻女孩，这个我连名字都不知道的女孩，会是我心中永远的英雄，也是我的两只狗狗眼中的英雄
This young woman, whose name I don't even know, will always be my heroin, and the heroin to my dogs as well.
直到现在，想到这件事我仍会热泪盈眶
I still tear up when I think about it,
特别是现在，我看着新生的小狗崽们
especially today as I look at the newborn pups ,
并且意识到，如果不是因为她，它们不会来到我的身边，而我那两只成年狗狗，也可能已经离我而去
and realize, I wouldn't have them, nor my adult dogs anymore, if not for her.