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Dewey
（小猫杜威）
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Summary of the
novel
Chapter 1
The Coldest Morning
On
January
18,
1988,
the
coldest
morning
of
the
year,
Vicki
Myron
and
her
colleague
Jean
firstly
heard a
noise and
then
found a new born kitten
in
the drop box
of
the
library
.
The
kitten was so cold that there
was
no
warmth at all, and
he was so
weak that he can
hardly stand on himself. No one knew how he got
into the box. They
rescued
him
and
took
a
warm
water
bath
for
him.
After
the
bath,
a
beautiful,
long-haired orange baby presented
before their eyes.
The
poor
little
kitten
attracted
the
librarians’
care
.
The
little
kitten
seemed
to
be
thankful to everyone he met for saving
his life. Vicki wanted to adopt him.
Chapter 2
A Perfect
Addition
The
staff of
the
library showed
love and
interest
to the kitten.
Everyone
wanted to
pet
him,
and
he
never
fear
the
strangers.
The
kitten
was
happy
that
first
day
.
Doris
Armstrong,
the
grandparent
on
the
staff,
brought
a
pink
blanket
for
the
kitten
next
morning.
Dewey began to meet someone outside the
staff of the library
. If the staff
wanted to
keep
the
kitten,
he
must
be
admitted
by
the
people
in
Spencer.
Vicki
first
called
the
mayor,
but
he
seemed
not
be
enthusiastic.
Then
she
took
him
to
see
Mary
Houston,
the
historian
of
Spenser.
Mary
love
the
kitten
very
much
and
thought
it
was
a
good
idea to
have a kitten
in the
library
.
Dewey
became
famous
in Spencer
gradually.
But
some
mothers
were
afraid
that
their
children
would
be
allergic
to
the
cat.
Vicki
solicited the advice of
two
general practice doctors.
They assured
that
it
was
safe to
have Dewey
. Many children
loved Dewey and Dewey loved children, too. The
library
became
Dewey
’
s home.
Chapter 3
Dewey Readmore
Books
The staff
saved Dewey
, and Dewey saved
the people
in Spencer, too. In the
1980s,
a
farm crisis broke
out
in Spencer. It was primarily
a
financial disaster. It
caused
the
price
of
land
began
to
drop
and
credit
dried
up.
The
farmers
in
Spencer
had
to
sell
their
lands
and
go
out
to
find
jobs.
The
town
was
dying.
―
One
of
the
worst
things
about bad times is
the effect on your
mind
‖
(Page 25), but
Dewey
’
s coming changed it.
His
story
resonated
with
the
people.
He
believed
everything
would
go
to
be
fine.
Dewey
made the old patrons think that they
came to
the
library
not only to kill time.
He
sent happy to the people there.
The staff set
up a Name the Kitty contest. The kitten
received names
like Garfield,
Tiger,
and
Fleabag
and
so
on.
But
the
most
entries
were
for
Dewey
.
At
last,
the
kitten
’
s name is
Dewey Readmore books.
Chapter 4
A Day in the Library
When
Vicki
arrived
at
library
every
morning,
Dewey
was
waiting
for
her
at
the
front
door.
Dewey
had
an
amazing
sense
of
who
needed
him.
He
was
interested
in
everything.
In
the
library
,
it was easy
for Dewey
to
find a public place to
have a quick
nap.
A
lap, a box and even the
back of a copier.
The staff set a Dewey
Box
in the back room
to save
money
for
Dewey and sell soda cans. In
return
for their a
little
contribution,
they
get
endless
happiness
from
Dewey
.
Before
Dewey
’
s
coming,
the
staff
had
become
splintered.
But
once
the
little
kitten
arrived,
the
tension
disappeared.
Sometimes,
Dewey would play jokes on them.
Vicky
took
Dewey
to
Dr.
Easterly’s
office.
Dr.
Easterly
was
a
vet.
He
neutered
Dewey
though
Vicki was
heart-broken.
Vicki and
Dewey
’
s
relationship
was
not only
friends, just like
mom and son. Dewey loved everyone, but he loved
Vicki deeper.
Chapter 5
Catnip and
Rubber bands
Though Dewey was beautiful
and trusting, but not everything was perfect with
him.
He may work all night to go into
the closet to sleep on a puppet. He loved catnip
most,
the smell
would
make him crazy. Another thing
he was
most
interested
in was rubber
band.
His
nose
could smell
them
across the
library and easily
find
them. Though
the
staff didn
’
t
give
Dewey rubber bands,
he could steal by
himself.
They
have to
make
sure everyone
’
s
drawer was completely closed. They clean all the
places where rubber
bands
probably
existed,
and
at
last
people
could
hardly
find
a
rubber
band
in
the
library
.
―
He
was
far
more
intent
on
eating
rubber
bands
than
we
were
on
stopping
him.
‖
(Page 46)
Anyway
,
Dewey
’
s
true
love
was
people.
The
library
was
small
for
human,
but
it
means the whole world
full of many interested things to
Dewey
.
Chapter 6
Moneta
Vicki
’
s
great-grandfather Norman Jipson amassed
enough
land to
his children.
Her
family
lived
on this
land and run a big
farm when she
was
young.
Not far away
from
her
father
’
s
farm
was
the Roof
Garden, the
most popular place
in Iowa
in
the
1940s.
There
her
father
met her
mother. Her
mother
’
s
family
was Catholic, but she
run away
and
married
Vicki
’
s
father.
The
couple
had
six
children.
Vicki
’
s
childhood
was
difficult but
full of
funny. She and
her sisters
and brothers played baseball with other
children. The farm was empty and lonely
at night, but everyone in the family had each
other.
Two
miles
from
their
eastern
field
was
the
town
Moneta.
Vicki
once
received
education
in the Moneta School. In the 1950s, the
school was the proud of the people
in
Moneta, but
it was shuttered
in 1959.
Two
years after
that,
her
father sold out
the
land and started selling
insurance. Moneta was
getting
worse and worse.
Vicki
never
found her home
and her childhood memory again.
Chapter 7
Grand Avenue
In
the
1850s,
Spencer
was
a
town
which
could
found
on
map
—
there
was
no
resident
at
all.
Later,
some
people
decided
to
stay
.
Spencer
incorporated
in
1871.
When
the
first
generation
grew
too
old
to
farm,
they
moved
to
Spencer.
It
wasn
’
t
a
industrial
town
but
an
agriculture
town.
On
June
27,
1931,
it
was
hot
that
day
.
An
eight-year-old
boy
set
a
fire
accidentally.
The
fire
caused
more
than
half
of
the
businesses
in
the
town
were
destroyed.
The
people
didn
’
t
claim
the
boy;
on
the
contrary
, they kept the
boy
’
s
name a
secret.
They united
together
and rebuilt Spencer.
In the
late 1980s, people
in
Spencer once again pulled together
in
the
farm crisis, and
then
the library was built then.
When
Vicki
first
arrived
at
the
library
,
she
wanted
to
remodel
it.
On
the
very
beginning,
the
city
council
didn
’
t
want
to
give
money
to
her.
But
Dewey
made
a
change.
He
made
more
and
more
people
visit
the
library
.
Even
better,
they
were
talking about
Dewey
. Finally, the city council agreed
to support Vicki.
Chapter 8
A
Cat
’
s Best Friends
Dewey
was so
lovely and kind
to people
that almost everyone believed
that
himself
or
herself was
the only best
friend of
Dewey
.
If Dewey appeared
in the Story Hour,
children could hardly calm down. But
there was only person Dewey
couldn
’
t win over.
The girl
was afraid of
four-legged animals. So every time the
girl came to the
library
,
Vicki
locked Dewey in her office though he was
reluctant.
Then
it
came
to
Dewey
’
s
first
birthday
.
The
staff
inferred
the
date
was
November
by
the
date
they
found
him.
It
was
unbelievable
that
people
in
Spencer
were
sending cards to a cat!
On the birthday party
, Dewey received a
cake made of cat-food.
Children and
adults smiled and giggled.
Dewey
loved
everyone
equally.
But
he
had
special
relationship
and
it
was
with
Crystal, who was easy
to be neglected. She was a beautiful
girl of about 11;
however,
she had little speech and controlled
her limbs well. But when Dewey came to her, she
would squeal happily, and her smile was
the brightest one in the world. Dewey helped
Crystal feel happiness in her difficult
life.
Chapter 9
Dewey and Jodi
Vicky
was
a
single
mother
who
had
a
daughter
Jodi.
They
were
inseparable
when
Jodi was young. But when Jodi was 13
years old, after moving to Spencer, Jodi
didn
’
t
allowed
her mother kiss her goodnight. Vicki was
heartbroken. In addition, when their
loving dog, Brandy
, was
dead, Vicki did
n’
t told
Jodi. Because she didn
’
t
want Jodi see
how
much she
was
hurt.
But
in
Jodi
’
s eyes,
her
mother
―was
the
woman who killed
her
dog
and
didn
’
t
even
care
‖
.
Before
Dewey
arrived
when
Jodi
was
16,
they
had
little to talk about.
Vicki felt that they were living separate lives.
With
Dewey
,
Vicki
had something to
talk about
that Jodi
would
like to
hear.
Dewey
was
the
only
thing
that
could
make
their
relationship
lighthearted
and
playful.
Meanwhile, Dewey loved Jodi crazily. On
holidays when the library was closed, Vicki
brought Dewey home. When Jodi came back
home, he jumped right up and rushed to
her. Wherever Jodi went, he followed.
It didn
’
t matter where she
sit on, he jumped on
her laps and
purred.
Vicki
and
her
daughter
weren
’
t
the
only
ones
he
helped.
To
some
parents
who
worked long days, they had little time
to take care their children. But Dewey filled the
blank hours to some extent.
Chapter 10
A
Long W
ay from Home
After
Vicki
’
s
graduation
from
high school, she
got engaged
to the third boy she
had
dated.
But
Vicki
wanted
to
leave
the
small
town,
so
she
broke
off
the
engagement.
Then she moved
to Mankato with her friend Sharon and they worked
at Mankato Box
Company
.
There Vicki
met Wally
Myron at a dance
club. Wally
was the person
who
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