"Perhaps the river will carry me to little Kay," said she; and then she grew less sad.

“也许这条河可以把我送到小加伊那儿去，”她说；然后她变得不那么伤心了。

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They were lonely and sad people, all three of them, and they would not make one another less sad, but they could, with great care, make a world that would accommodate their loneliness.

他们三人都是那么孤独而忧伤，他们在一起也许不能够互相怃平伤痛，但是也许，只要用心，他们会创造出一个能够容纳他们孤独人生的世界。

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More happy, less sad, happy yuanxiao, trouble run away!

欢乐多，忧愁少，祝元宵快乐，烦恼跑掉！

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Pablo and Anselmo knew how good they were and while Pablo stood now proud and less sad-looking, watching them lovingly, the old man acted as though they were some great surprise that he had produced, suddenly, himself.

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