So, as the song goes, do short people really have no reason to live, or is that a tall tale?

因此，正如那首歌里唱到的，个子矮的人是不是真的没有活下去的理由了？还是这真的夸大其词了？

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I needed a history more complete than the strangled bits that he had owned and passed on to me-a short, brutal tale of having been trapped as a stowaway on a ship.

我想讲述一段完整的历史，而不仅仅是他透露给我的，艰难哽咽的片言只语——那是一个简短而残酷的故事，一段困守孤船的偷渡历程。

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The festivities were to have included a short new ballet, "the Far Shore", based loosely on the folk tale that inspired "Swan Lake".

庆祝活动本来包括一小段新芭蕾舞《远处河岸》，这是一段根据民间传说改编的舞蹈，与“天鹅湖”同出一源。

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A good example is the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart."

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So in an attempt not to bore loved ones with a barrage of imagery, I will cull the best photos from my storage drives, as well as those taken by friends and others, and share a short tale associated with that image.

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