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语言朋友(27)(松鸡)．It's __1__(接触) with people.In fact, hard to spot, __2__ they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching. This grouse came into our lives in__3__.Tom was working out in the field when he__4__ her walking around at the edge of the field.She was __5__unafraid and seemed to be __6__ about what he was doing. Tom saw the __7__bird several times, and she got more comfortable around him.We quickly grew__8__of the bird and decided to call her Mildred. One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch.Tom__9__he didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next. Apparently, she didn't like to be __10__.She'd run up and peck (啄) at Tom's hands, __11__ off to see what he would do.This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the __12__and left. As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to __13__ more and more often.__14__Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg and stay long enough for me to get a__15__ of the two of them together.This friendly grouse soon felt__16__ not just with our family, but with anybody who walked or drove by. When hunting season opened, we put a __17__ at the end of our driveway asking __18__ not to shoot our pet grouse.My father, who lived down the road, __19__warned people not to shoot her.__20__， hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her. | 
