Develop a story across four pictures

Four pictures, one story

• Four pictures show: a boy finds a lost puppy, carries it home, puts up notices, and the owner comes to thank him.
• The task asks for a story of at least one hundred characters that connects the four pictures without inventing a different plot.

One or two sentences per picture

• Picture 1: 一天yī tiānto dismiss students at the…放学fàng xué(modifier / structural particle)的detime时候shí hòu，小明xiǎo míngat / in在zàicurb路边lù biānto notice发现fā xiàn(completed / change)了le一只yī zhīpup小狗xiǎo gǒu。 Picture 2: he / him他tāto see看kànpup小狗xiǎo gǒudegree / adjective linker很hěnpitiful可怜kě lián，then / just就jiù(把: marks the object)把bǎit它tāto hold抱bàovariant of 回回huí(completed / change)了lehome家jiā。
• Picture 3: he / him他tāat / in在zàihousing estate小区xiǎo qūli, ancient measure of…里lǐto stick贴tiē(completed / change)了le寻狗xún gǒuannouncement (written, on…启事qǐ shì。 Picture 4: next day第二天dì èr tiān，pup小狗xiǎo gǒu(modifier / structural particle)的demaster主人zhǔ rénto try to find找zhǎoto come来lái(completed / change)了le，extremely grateful非常感谢fēi cháng gǎn xièhe / him他tā。

Xiao Ming小明Xiǎo Míngby在zàithe road路边lù biānfound发现fā xiàn了lea一只yì zhīpuppy小狗xiǎo gǒu。

Link and refer clearly

• Time and result words: 一天yī tiān, then / after然后rán hòu, and so于是yú shì, next day第二天dì èr tiān, final最后zuì hòu, outcome结果jié guǒ.
• Use pronouns once the noun is clear: pup小狗xiǎo gǒu → it它tā; 小明xiǎo míng → he / him他tā. Do not switch names or change who does what.

Stay with the pictures

• Add feelings and reasons that fit (he / him他tādegree / adjective linker很hěnanxious担心dān xīnpup小狗xiǎo gǒuto be hungry饿è(completed / change)了le), but do not invent events not shown (no "the dog ran away again").
• Check length: four pictures × about 25–30 characters ≈ 100–120.

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