Tom goes everywhere with Catherine Green, a 54-year-old secretary. He moves around her office at work and goes shopping with her. "Most people don't seem to mind Tom," says Catherine, who thinks he is wonderful. "He's my fourth child," she says. She may think of him and treat him that way as her son, buying his food, paying his health bills and his taxes, but in fact Tom is a dog.

    Catherine and Tom live in Sweden, a country where everyone is expected to lead an orderly life according to rules laid down by the government, which also provides a high level of care for its people. This level of care costs money.

    People in Sweden pay taxes on everything, so aren't surprised to find that owning a dog means yet more taxes. Some people are paying as much as 500 Swedish kronor in taxes a year for the right to keep their dog, money that is spent by the government on dog hospitals and sometimes medical treatment for a dog that falls ill. However, most such treatment is expensive, so owners often decide to offer health and even life premium for their dog.

    In Sweden dog owners must pay for any damage their dog does. A Swedish Kennel Club official explains what this means: if your dog runs out on the road and gets hit by a passing car you, as the owner, have to pay for any damage done to the car, even if your dog has been killed in the accident.

    农历十月十五，为中国民间传统节日——下元节，亦称“下元日”、“下元”。下元节的来历与道教有关。道家有三官：天官、地官、水官。天官赐福，地官赦罪，水官解厄。下元节，就是水官解厄之辰。

    下元日是道教斋法中规定的修斋日期之一，这天道教会设坛供斋蘸神，借以求福免灾。在民间，下元节这天大多数人家会准备丰盛菜肴，享祭祖先亡灵，祈求福禄祯祥。在农村，下元节又溶进了许多农业生产中的祭祀风俗，使其又成为一个祭祀神灵、祈镶灾邪、祈求丰收的农祀节日。

    下元节也有其独特的节令食品，以北京为例，过下元节时，家家户户都要做“豆泥骨朵”。“豆泥”就是红小豆做的“豆沙馅儿”。是北京小吃“豆沙包子”。

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