around with the staff, wagging his tail and having fun.

附近跳來跳去，搖著尾巴，玩得很開心

But lately things have changed a bit. Volunteers have noticed he isn’t as cheerful as he

但是最近情況有所改變。志工注意到他不像他

used to be, and spends his time mostly staring at the wall.

之前那樣的快樂了，而且大部分時間都盯著牆壁

It all started when he thought he’d found a new family he was going to go and live with.

這都是在當他認為他找到一個新的家庭，他即將被領養，能夠跟他們一起生活時

Everything was arranged, according to reports. Then, for some reason, it fell through.

根據報告，一切的事情都安排好了。後來卻因為一些原因，沒有辦法領養了

Pitbull mix March had already left the dogs’ home and was excited for what might happen

三月是一個有比特犬血統的米克斯，當時他離開收容所，他很興奮接下來的生活

next. But he soon found himself back in a bare room

但是很快的，他發現他回到的是一間空蕩蕩的房間內

like the one he’d been in before, no friendly family around to take him for walks and no

就像他之前待著房間一樣，沒有友善的家人，也沒人帶他去散步，也沒有

comfy new bed to settle into.

舒服的新床能夠入眠

He started to give up hope when he arrived back at the shelter in Philadelphia, a scary

當他回到在費城的收容所的時候，他開始覺得無望，這是個可怕的

place with lots of loud barking and unfamiliar smells.

地方，充滿著吵雜的狗叫聲和不熟悉的氣味

After he came back, hardly anyone showed interest in him and he started to become depressed

根據當地的電視頻道福斯29台報導，在他回來之後，沒有人對他有興趣

and ill, local TV channel Fox 29 reported.

他也就開始變得很沮喪而且還生病了

As people wanted to adopt a friendly, happy dog, things seemed even more miserable for

因為大家想要領養一個友善、快樂的小狗，所以這樣對三月來說

March because he had lost his spark from the disappointment.

好像變得更慘了，因為太過失望而已經失去原有的活力了