"Nothing but this," said the boy, "my mother has a cottage on your land--they stole me from the cradle."

“只有这个，”男孩说，“我妈妈在你的土地上有一幢小别墅——他们把我从摇篮里偷走了。”

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The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally.

我妻子想让我去拜访的另一个女人就是我的妈妈，她守寡19年了，但由于我的工作需要以及有三个孩子要抚养，我很少有机会去看望她。

youdao

The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my mother， who has been a widow for 19 years， but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally.

我妻子想让我去拜访的另一个女人就是我的妈妈，她守寡19年了，但由于我的工作需要以及有三个孩子要抚养，我很少有机会去看望她。

youdao

My mother is a huge inspiration to me but sadly, many African women do not have the opportunities that she has.

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But the fact is that standing in the field where my grandfather died doesn't make the pain of loss my mother has carried all her life any more meaningful.

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