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It was the first night of a tiring seven­day 210 km race across the Gobi Desert a year ago. Mr. Leonard __1__ a little dog going around his camp trying to __2__ herself.

“Cute, but I’m not giving you any£¬” Leonard thought. Like all __3__£¬ he had packed just enough for the whole __4__. He’d been running competitively for three years, and he had a __5__ to win.

The next day, at the starting line, the dog __6__ him again. He waved her away, __7__ she might be stepped on by the runners. __8__£¬ the dog followed him all the way until the day’s race __9__. That night the dog snuggled(ÒÀÙË) up to Leonard and even managed to get food from him. By then, he was determined to __10__ her Gobi.

The pair went on to finish the seven­day race, with Gobi __11__ a distance of 125 km on her own, and winning Leonard over, enough for him to make a __12__—he would take her home to Edinburgh. “Seeing Gobi on the race __13__ my attitude to things. It made me think more about stopping and helping her, __14__ just focusing on winning£¬” said Leonard, who finished second. “It also made my running more __15__£¬ giving me a lot of pleasure. ”

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