"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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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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The longer they stay in a new country, the less sad they feel.

时间越长，他们留在一个新的国家，他们觉得少伤心。

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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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Thus we should not allow the dramatic power of the most visible narrative, the struggle between oppressed and oppressor, to drown out the sad reality of another less noble story line -- namely that this is still, at least for now, a sectarian conflict.

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