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Juneau'sOfficialGreeter
佚名Anonymous
AllthosewhotraveltoJuneau,Alaska,bywaterareweledatthedoedPatsyAnn.Shedoesn'tbark.Shedoesn'twaghertail.Shedoesn'tevenrespondwhenyoucallher.That'sbecausePatsyAnnisabrosimposinglyahemiddleofPatsyAnnSquare,whichbordersJuneau'sGastineauel.
&syAnnwasaStaffordshirebullterrierwhoarrivedinJuneauasanewbornpupihherhumanfamily.Herfamilydidn'tkeepheroheyrealizedshewasdeafandotbark.
Thedogwastakeninbyaseily,butforunknownreasonswaslaterabahemaswell.PatsythenbeorphanwhofreelyroamedthestreetsofJusyAnnlimitedherdailywaothedoherelocalmerdresidehesightofherhappilylopingfrombusiobusihoughPatsyAnnhan,theLongshoremen'sHallbeightlyhome.Forher,itwasthemostlogicalplathandsleepbecauseshespentsomueonthedocks.
Thedeafdogpossessedamostremarkableability.ineauel,PatsyAnnwassomehowableto"hear"itswhistle,eveniftheshipwasasmuchasahalf-mileaway.Atoerriererdowoawaittheship'sarrival.
Juneau'sresidentshadsyAnoseapproachofaship,aheycouldfigureouthowthedogklywhichdocksheshouldwait.Buttheylearrustherunerri.
&ernooheredattheappoioawaitaniningship.PatsyAheexpetdtheoadifferentdock.Everyonelexedbyherbehavioruntiltheyrealizedtheyhadbeengivenmisinformatioeredthedberthedattheverydockwheretheterrier
PatsyAnhelocalpeoplewhofedherandfondlypattedher.ShemayhavefeltcaredforbytheloPatsyAnn'sprimaryhappitingonthedocksasshewaitedtoweletheships.
Itriate,then,in1934,forJuneau'smayortoproclaimPatsyAnn"theofficialgreeterofJuneau,Alaska".
Thatsameyear,thecitypassedanordiingthatalldogsmustbelised.Afterananimal-pousyAnoeutharay,severalofthelocalstopayforherlidthtredcollarforher.Shewasagaiiduty.
Forthirteenyears,nearlyallthedaysofherlife,thewaggingtailandthehappy-go-luceofthelittledhtapleasantcytothelivesofJus.Sheothearthemsay"goodgirl",butshesawtheirsmilesaheiraffe.
Then,in1942,PatsyAuralcauses.MembersofthesaddenedusyAnn'sbodyinasmallwoodeaoGastineauowshewouldforeverbetiedtotheheartsofJuneau'speoplearanquilwatersshelovedto>
&yyearsafterPatsyAnn'sdeath,awaswagedtomemorializetheterrier.AsmallpatdattheGatineauwharfsidewasvertedintowhatisnowPatsyAnnSquare,ahan-lifebrouewaspletewithabrohatrestsatitsbase.
Todayatthefootofthesquare,gaily-coloredflowersbloom,aonbendgazeoutatthehorizon,justasthebrosyAnndoes.
PatsyAnn,adoptedandlovedbyalltheresidentsofJuilltheofficialgreeterforhercity.Thestatueofthelittledogwhoothearsitsforeveroawoodensign,herbronzedpresehewordsprihere:WeletoJuneau,Alaska.
所有经水路去阿拉斯加朱诺市的人,在到岸的码头都会受到一只叫帕齐·安的狗的欢迎。
她既不吠叫,也不摇尾巴,甚至你招呼她时,她都对你不予理睬。
那是因为帕齐·安是尊铜像。
她庄严而安静地坐落在帕齐·安广场的中心,广场与加斯蒂诺海峡毗邻。
帕齐·安的原型是一只斯塔福德郡的杂种犬。
1929年后半年,刚出生不久的她便随主人一家来到了朱诺市。
当主人家发现她又聋又哑后,就不再喂养她了。
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