He proved it.” Sitting in a slaughterhouse as the sky rained fire, his life proved by a joke, Mr Vonnegut found the path that would define him for the rest of his life.

外围一片枪林弹雨、躯体置身屠宰场内，生命因为一个玩笑而变得真实；冯内古特发现他之后的人生就此注定。

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By contrast, the cattle marching into a typical slaughterhouse have spent as little as six months on the range and four months in packed feedlots.

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