Dead Seagull

    A father was at the beach with his children when the four-year-old sonran up to him, grabbed¹ his hand, and led him to the shore, where a seagull lay dead in the sand.
    "Daddy, what happened to him?" the son asked.
    "He died and went to Heaven," the dad replied.
    The boy thought for a moment and then asked, "Daddy, did God throw him back down?"

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v.抢先，抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指匆忙地）取；攫取；（尤指自私、贪婪地）捞取

参考例句：

• He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall. 他被两个男人紧抓双臂押出大厅。
• She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。