In our human society, when a child's parents meet their unfortunate deaths for a certain reason or reasons, or its parents become too sick to look after it, this child will have to find a foster family, especially when it is a baby or at a very young age.

在我们人类社会中，当一个孩子的父母因为某种或多种原因不幸去世，或者其父母病重而无法照顾自己时，这个孩子就得找一个寄养家庭，尤其当他还是个婴儿或年龄较小时。

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Crib: a bed with high sides for a young child or baby.

有栏小卧床：一种周边有高栏的婴儿用小床。

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And, if you skip over to 215, this image comes back of this mother: "All cars had disappeared except his station wagon. His pregnant young wife was now getting into it with her baby and the other more or less canceled child."

还有，如果你翻到215页，这个妈妈的形象会再次出现：,“所有的车都不见了，只剩下他的小汽车，他,他怀孕的妻子正抱着婴儿上车，那个惹是生非的小男孩,也上去了“

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