人狗情未了：忠犬医院外苦等主人八月

狗的寿命太短，这真是它们唯一的缺点

——艾格尼丝

今天看到的这个故事让我想到了忠犬八公的故事，一只忠心的狗狗看着主人被救护车送进医院后，就一直在医院外等着。

这一等，就是8个月。

他并不知道主人已经不在了。

This sweet pup named Negão lost the one person in the world who mattered to him most. Sadly though, he has no way of knowing.

这只感人至深的狗狗名叫尼加，它失去了它最爱的主人。然而，更令人揪心的是，尼加并不知道，它已经和主人阴阳两隔。

For the last 8 months, the loyal pup has been holding vigil outside of the Ruth Cardoso Hospital, in Santa Catarina, Brazil. It all began late last year after his owner, a homeless man, was taken there after falling ill with what turned out to be a fatal infection. Negão had raced after the ambulance all the way to the hospital and watched him be wheeled inside on a stretcher.

8个月以来，尼加一直驻守在巴西胜卡塔琳娜州的鲁斯·卡多佐医院门外。尼加的主人是一位流浪者。去年年末，主人不幸患上致命传染疾病，后被送往鲁斯·卡多佐医院救治。一路上，尼加紧追救护车，眼睁睁看着主人被送上担架。

Being a loyal dog, Negão then sat out front — eagerly awaiting a reunion that would never come.

尼加忠心不渝，它守在医院门口，盼望和主人重逢。它竟不知，这已是诀别。

Unaware that his owner had in fact passed away, Negão continued to wait. Even as the days passed into weeks, and weeks into months, he didn't move far from the spot where he'd last seen his only friend alive.

尼加不知道主人已经撒手人寰，它坚定地等待着。日子一天天过去，转眼，尼加已守候数月，它一直在与主人分别的地方，寸步不离。

It wasn't long before those working at the hospital took notice of Negão. Every time an ambulance arrives with a patient, he perks up and follows to see if perchance that it is carrying his owner, as it had so many moons before.

医院的人很快注意到尼加。每每有救护车经过，尼加就振作精神，希望看到他的主人。

Hospital staff have been far from callous to Negão's sad situation. They've made sure he's had water and food, and shelter from the elements. In fact, as Zero Hora reports, twice they even found families willing to adopt him, but on both occasions he escaped — only to return back to the grounds of the hospital.

医院员工都被尼加的忠诚深深打动。他们为尼加提供水和食物，为它创造良好的生存环境，使它免受天气等自然因素困扰。事实上，根据泽罗·赫拉的报导，曾有两户人家表示他们愿意收养尼加。而两次收养都遭遇滑铁卢，无一例外，尼加从新主人家里逃出来，返回医院，继续等待。

Now, rather than try to dissuade Negão from his vigil, the hospital has taken a different tack. They've coordinated with a local animal charity to make sure Negão is healthy, gets checkups with a veterinarian, and is regularly taken on walks. 

起初，医院想劝服尼加，别再继续等待一个永远不可能回来的人。现在，他们也无可奈何的转换策略。他们与当地动物慈善机构合作，确保尼加的身体健康。兽医会为尼加进行定期检查，也有专人带尼加散步。

While this chapter of Negão's life began with an immeasurable loss, in the end there's been something to be gained — a glimmer of the incredible loyalty he's shown to his owner reflected back at him by those who've seen it all unfold.

诚然，主人的离开对尼加造成了难以磨灭的伤痛。然而，尼加那无与伦比的忠诚，却如光芒闪烁在众人心头，世界亦为之照亮。

"He will stay here with us until he decides if he wants to leave or not," one hospital official said. "As long as he remains here, we will give all the care, warmth and love he needs."

“它的去留权由它作主，我们不会干预。”一位医院职员如是说。“它在医院一日，我们便会给与它无尽的关怀、温暖与爱。”

人的一生中，得失常有，经历悲欢离合、阴晴圆缺。而忠犬之爱，却恒久深沉，永不消逝。