布莱克丹梗概

Stevie's father became a forest warden. The ole man who lived there before called Old Billy. He moved away and Stevie's family lived there with a dog called Black Dan. 

It belonged to Old Billy before and was a racing dog. But every time when his dog couldn't run fast anymore to win the races for him, Old Billy killed it and also bought a new one. Black Dan was the seventh. All of the other six dogs who were killed by Billy became ghosts in the forest.

One day when Stevie was in his room, he heard a sound like howling. The next day he heard it again. When we wondered about it, Black Dan ran out of the house quickly and ran into the forest. then he saw the ghosts watching him. He was so scared and tried to escape. He ran into an old mine but the dogs were still following.

He kept running until he reached the very edge of a mine shaft. But he couldn't stop himself then. Just when he was falling down the hole, Black Dan sopped him and pulled him back. Then he got up and went out of the tun.

翻译：

Stevie 的父亲成了森林守护员。以前住在那里的老人叫老比利。他搬走了 stevie 一家和一只叫 black dan 的狗住在一起。它以前是老比利的，是一只赛狗。但每次当他的狗跑不快，不能为他赢得比赛时，老比利就杀了它，还买了新的。

黑丹是第七个。被 billy 杀死的其他六只狗，都成了鬼魂，有一天 stevie 在他房间里，听到一种嚎叫声。第二天他又听到了。当我们想知道的时候，黑丹很快地跑出了房子，跑进了森林。

然后他看见鬼魂在看着他。他很害怕，想要逃跑。他跑进了一个旧矿井，但是那些狗还在跟着他，他一直跑，直到到达矿井的边缘。但他当时控制不住自己。就在他掉进洞里的时候，黑丹把他浸泡了一下，把他拉了回来。然后他站起来，走出隧道，回到家，布莱克 · 丹一直守护着他。黑丹成了救他一命的英雄。

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