My wife lay in bed kept silent and I kneeled by the bed picked the white hair for her, though there were not too many white ones but it was not difficult to find some.

我老婆不语地躺在床上我膝地床边为她找白头发。虽然白发并不是很多但是不费劲就可以找到。

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Hindsight and improved medical science has shown that during my short stay in Kabul, I contracted Borrelia bacteria (strains of which in the US cause "Lyme Disease") from ticks, which fell off mice that scampered over my feet during sleep, attracted probably by the bits of sweets given to me lovingly by Madaar (Mother), which I kept in my suitcase under the bed.

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