二、0.刘家的创世纪（简化版）
thegenesisofariel’sfamily(anabridgedversion)
inthebeginningmotherboughttheoldapartmentfromhersideofthefamilytocreateaplacecalled“home.”nowthespacewasdisorderedanddesolate,dustwasoverthefloor,andsheenteredthehouseandsetherveryfirststeponthepieceoftileclosesttothethreshold.[...]
andshesaid,“letthisplacebethehavenandharborforourfuturechild,”andtheplacewasimbuedwiththetypicalfamilialwarmth.shesawthatthewarmthwasgood,sosheshutallthehostilitiesoutofthehouse.[...]
[...]shesaid,“youshalldojustasitellyou.”andwhatshewillsshallbedone.
[...]shecaressedherswollenbelly,theholychamber,withinthefetusrestedinpeaceandquietude.
andshebreathedtheblessingforherfuturedaughter,“maythechildbealovelyangel,beautifulanddivine,forshewascreatedinmyownimage.”
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outofherwombshebirthedthechild.thenewborninfantwasbeautifulanddivine,hervisageasgoodastheangel’s.shesawthatherdaughterwasgood,inherownimage,soshepressedtheinfanttenderlyagainstherbreastandfedher.
shesaid,“letusnameourdaughter‘ariel.’mayshehavethestrengthandthestrongwill.mayshebeasbraveandquick-wittedashermother.”
[...]whenariellearnttospeak,thefirstsyllablescameoutofhermouthwere“ma-ma.”[...]
shesaid,“callmemommyfromnowon,foriamthemotherwhoshallnurtureyouandgiveyoueverythingthatisgoodforyou.likethemotherofmyown,ishallprotectyouwithallmypowerandstrength”[...]
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mommysaid,“beagooddaughter,”andarielkeptbeingagooddaughter,meekandmild,likealoyalshepherd.mommysawthatwasgood.andarielobeyedhermommyandkeptbeingachildasdocileasalamb.