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Dad: Honey, I have some bad news for you. Fluffy has gone to the other side.
父親：寶貝，我有個壞消息要告訴你。“小毛絨”去了另一個世界。
Sarah: You mean she’s out of her cage again? I’ll go and try to find her.
莎拉：你是說，它又跑出籠子了？我會去找找它的。
Dad: No, you don’t understand. Fluffy passed away in the night.
父親：不，你不明白。“小毛絨”夜里去世了。
Sarah: Oh, she died! That’s too bad, but she was getting up there in years.
莎拉：哦，它死了！太糟糕了，不過它的年紀也逐漸大了。
父親：是的，不過它并非自然死亡。它被鄰居的車碾了。
Sarah: You mean she was flattened? Cool!
莎拉：你是說它被碾平了？太酷了！
Dad: Well, I wouldn’t put it that way, but I understand if you’re in shock. I guess people show grief in different ways...
父親：我可不這樣想，不過如果你感到震驚的話，我可以理解。我想，也許每個人表達悲傷都有不同的方式。
Sarah: Fluffy went out with a bang. That’s the way she would have wanted to go.
莎拉：小毛絨的生命圓滿結束了。那應該是它想要的方式。
Dad: I’d like to think of her as being in heaven and she’s gone to meet her maker.
父親：我想它已身在天堂，還見到了上帝。
Sarah: I don’t think there’s an afterlife for animals, Dad. It’s all just a part of the circle of life.
莎拉：我不覺得動物也有來生，爸爸。那只不過是生命輪回的一部分。
Dad: Okay. I thought we could have a funeral for her so we can pay our respects.
父親：好吧，為表達敬意，我認為我們應該為它舉辦一個葬禮。
Sarah: Is that really necessary?
莎拉：真的有必要嗎？
Dad: I’d thought you’d want one. She was your pet after all.
父親：我以為你會希望辦一個呢。畢竟，它是你的寵物。
Sarah: No, let’s just bury her in the backyard.
莎拉：不，就把它埋在后院就可以了。
Dad: And who said that the youth of today is cynical?
父親：是誰說的，現在的年輕人都很憤世嫉俗？
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