Muggs was the worst of all my dogs.

Muggs was the worst of all my dogs. He always acted as if he thought I wasn’t one of the family. There was an advantage in being one of the family, for he didn’t bite the family as often as he bit strangers.<br><br>In his last years Muggs used to spend almost all his time outdoors. As a result the garbage man, the iceman and the laundryman wouldn’t come near the house. We had to drag the garbage down to the corner, take the laundry out and bring it back, and meet the iceman away from home. After this had gone on for some time we hit on a good idea for getting the dog into the house so that we could lock him up while others needed to come inside the house. Muggs was afraid of only one thing, thunder and lightning. It frightened him out of his senses. He would rush into the house and hide under a bed or in a clothes closet. So we made a thunder machine out of a long narrow piece of iron with a wooden handle on one end. Mother would shake this with all her strength when she wanted Muggs into the house. I suppose it was the most complex system for running a household that was ever devised. It took a lot out of Mother.

Muggs was the worst of all my dogs. He always acted as if he thought I wasn’t one of the family. There was an advantage in being one of the family, for he didn’t bite the family as often as he bit strangers.<br><br>In his last years Muggs used to spend almost all his time outdoors. As a result the garbage man, the iceman and the laundryman wouldn’t come near the house. We had to drag the garbage down to the corner, take the laundry out and bring it back, and meet the iceman away from home. After this had gone on for some time we hit on a good idea for getting the dog into the house so that we could lock him up while others needed to come inside the house. Muggs was afraid of only one thing, thunder and lightning. It frightened him out of his senses. He would rush into the house and hide under a bed or in a clothes closet. So we made a thunder machine out of a long narrow piece of iron with a wooden handle on one end. Mother would shake this with all her strength when she wanted Muggs into the house. I suppose it was the most complex system for running a household that was ever devised. It took a lot out of Mother.

强盗是我所有狗中最坏的。他总是表现得好像他认为我不是家里的一员。作为一个家庭的一员，他并不像在家里那样经常有那么一点好处。<br>在他最后的几年里，马格斯几乎把所有的时间都花在户外。结果垃圾工、制冰工和洗衣工都不肯靠近房子。我们只好把垃圾拖到角落里，把洗好的衣服拿出来拿回来，然后在离家出走的地方见冰人。经过一段时间后，我们想出了一个好主意，把狗带进屋里，这样我们就可以把它关起来，而其他人需要进来。莫格斯只害怕一件事，雷电。这把他吓坏了。他会冲进房子，躲在床下或衣橱里。所以我们用一块又长又窄的铁做了一个打雷机，一端有一个木把手。当妈妈想让歹徒进屋时，她会使出全身的力气摇晃这个。我想这是有史以来设计的最复杂的家庭管理系统。这让妈妈付出了很多。<br>