It seems so strange that sometimes fate can appear to be so real, and yet turn out to be a fantasy.

似乎是那么奇怪，有时候命运能够如此现实地出现，然而结果不过是个梦想。

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There then occurred one of those chance minor events that sometimes decide the fate of nations.

之后就发生了一件能够影响国家命运的小概率事件。

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Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom? But we hope it.

有时候我们的命运就像冬天里的一株果树，谁会相信那些树枝还会变绿开花呢？但我们仍抱着希望。

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The same fate awaits most of the other common artefacts of the sort that are sometimes found on Internet-auction sites.

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