一个小男孩的爱狗被车撞死后,他十分伤心郁闷。在学校上课的时候,当老师做用电击青蛙的方法使其神经抽搐的实验时,他有了救活他的小狗的灵感。于是晚上,他引了天上的雷电电击小狗的尸体,使它复活。重生的小狗吓坏了男孩家的邻居们,他们视这只狗为怪物。邻居们追赶狗时将狗和男孩逼进一间小木屋,失手几乎烧死他们。但小狗却将男孩救出,自己死去。邻居和男孩的父母为之感动,决心再次救活它。他们用汽车发动机制造电能,又一次救活了这只狗。。Robert is working in Oxford and sending money home whilst Ruby Pratt has returned from Pontefract after splitting with her gentleman friend. Gabriel Cochrane, whose wife has died and whose foundry has been repossessed by the bank, comes to Candleford, penniless, and Dorcas employs him in her forge where the work interests Sydney. After Edmund has collected money from Robert at ...。