Once her trembling hands could not hold the bowl, and it fell to the ground and broke.

有一天，老人的手颤抖得连那只瓦盆都端不稳了，瓦盆掉到地上打碎了。

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We were shown how to put her head between two nails in a board on the ground and hold her with one hand while we chopped off her head with a hatchet held in the other hand.

然后给我们示范如何把母鸡的头搁在地上木板的两颗钉子中间，用一只手抓着鸡，另一只手握着短柄小斧把她的头砍掉。

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"I could stare at an urn, or I could stare at the ground in the cemetery, or I could hold and pet her, " Rosa said.

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