古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
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during the american civil war, union soldiers had orders to kill all bloodhounds in the south as they were met with: the south kept bloodhounds to pursue runaway slaves who took refuge in the neighbouring swamps.
on one occasion, a union soldier picked up a poodle, the favourite pet of its mistress, and was carrying it off to add to the army's provisions when the lady made piteous appeals to him to spare it. the soldier replied, "madam, our orders are to kill every bloodhound."
"but this is not a bloodhound," said the lady.
"well, we can't tell what it will grow into if we leave it behind," said the soldier as he went off with it.
