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One afternoon, a little boy found his pet dog was missing. He looked all over his house. He looked under the bed, he looked  the door. But there was no dog. Finally, he looked for his dog in the garden. After a few hours, he still could not find it. The little boy was so  that he wanted to give up. At that time he saw his neighbor Mrs. Hardin.

"Excuse me, Mrs. Hardin. Is my pet dog in your garden?" the little boy asked .

"Oh, yes. It is playing with my cat," said Mrs. Hardin.

The little boy climbed the fence (篱笆) and saw his dog  in Mrs. Hardin's garden. He was so happy that he found his dog at last. He was a lot happier that he didn't give up too soon. "Great things take time," the little boy said to .