二、0 刘家的创世纪（简化版）

、0. 刘创世纪（简化版）

the genesis f ariel’s faily (an abridged versin)

in the beginning ther bught the ld apartent fr her side f the faily t reate a plae alled “he.” n the spae as disrdered and deslate, dust as ver the flr, and she entered the huse and set her very first step n the piee f tile lsest t the threshld. [. . .]

and she said, “let this plae be the haven and harbr fr ur future hild,” and the plae as ibued ith the typial failial arth. she sa that the arth as gd, s she shut all the hstilities ut f the huse. [. . .]

[ . . . ] she said, “yu shall d just as i tell yu.” and hat she ills shall be dne.

[ . . . ] she aressed her sllen belly, the hly haber, ithin the fetus rested in peae and quietude.

and she breathed the blessing fr her future daughter, “ay the hild be a lvely angel, beautiful and divine, fr she as reated in y n iage.”

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ut f her b she birthed the hild. the nebrn infant as beautiful and divine, her visage as gd as the angel’s. she sa that her daughter as gd, in her n iage, s she pressed the infant tenderly against her breast and fed her.

she said, “let us nae ur daughter ‘ariel.’ ay she have the strength and the strng ill. ay she be as brave and quik-itted as her ther.”

[. . .] hen ariel learnt t speak, the first syllables ae ut f her uth ere “a-a.” [. . .]

she said, “all e y fr n n, fr i a the ther h shall nurture yu and give yu everything that is gd fr yu. like the ther f y n, i shall prtet yu ith all y per and strength” [. . .]

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y said, “be a gd daughter,” and ariel kept being a gd daughter, eek and ild, like a lyal shepherd. y sa that as gd. and ariel beyed her y and kept being a hild as dile as a lab.