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Years ago in Scotland, the Clark family had a dream. The couple worked and saved, making p
for their nine children and themselves to travel to the USA. It had taken years before they saved enough money and got everything r
for the trip.
The whole family was excited about their new life. However, seven days b
they left for the USA, the youngest son was bitten(咬)by a dog. The doctor t
the boy,
but because there was a possibility of rabies(狂犬病), they would be kept away from others for fourteen days.
The family’s dream could not come t
. They would not be able to make the trip to America as they had planned. Watching the ship leave---without the Clark family, the father was quite a
with both his son and God for their bad luck.
Five days later, a piece of sad news spread t
Scotland---the strong and powerful ship, Titanic, had gone down, taking h
of lives with it. The Clark family was to have been on that ship, but because the son was bitten by a dog, they were left b
in Scotland.
When Mr. Clark heard the news, he thanked his son for saving the family. He thanked the God for t
a sad thing into a good one.
Although we may not always understand, all things happen for a reason.