11岁成为流行歌星，似乎不太可能，而得艾滋病和被绑架离他们的生活又太遥远。

To be a pop star at 11 seems impossible, and the idea of having Aids or being kidnapped is remote from their lives.

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Now that everything is did not live), it all seems a long time ago, though practically I still bear traces of the paint." Again, that parenthetical elides the death of the child.

这是莫娜的信：“现在一切都结束了,太可惜了，没能活下来！），一切似乎已经遥远，尽管自己至今,还在脸上留着残妆，“又一次的，这则附言草草提及孩子的死。

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