When it became evident that the children were going to find out one way or another, either the straight scoop from me or possibly a garbled version from someone else, I decided to tell them myself.

可是当情况越来越明显的时候，那些孩子们总会发现的，或者从我这里得知，或者从别人那儿得到一个不一定什么样的的说法，所以我决定自己告诉他们。

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