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when a child is born, a father is born. a mother is born, too of course, but at least for her it's a gradual process. body and soul, she has nine months to get used to what's happening. she becomes what's happening. but for even the best-prepared father, it happens all at once. on the other side of a plate-glass window, a nurse is holding up something roughly the size of a loaf of bread for him to see for the first time.
当一个孩子出生时，一位父亲随之诞生。当然一位母亲亦随之诞生，但这对于她来说只是一个渐进的过程。无论身体还是心灵，她都有九个月的时间去习惯。然后顺其自然。但对于一名就算做了万全准备的父亲来说，这也只是一瞬的事情。他站在窗子的另一端，一位护士抱着某个面包大小的东西给他瞧。
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