It was many years ago.

　　I was a young dad sitting on the couch

　　reading a fairy tale to my little girl.

　　很多年前我還是個年輕的爸爸

　　坐在沙發上給小女兒講童話故事

　　She sat next to me with her head on my arm

　　as I told the tale.

　　她坐在我身邊

　　頭枕在我胳膊上聽我講故事

　　When it came to the end I finished

　　with those famous words:

　　'And they lived happily ever after.'

　　故事的最后我用那句經典的話作結束語：

　　“從此他們過上了幸福的生活。”

　　As I looked over to her with her wavy, brown hair

　　and big, innocent eyes

　　I could see the smile on her face

　　and I never wanted it to end.

　　我看著她

　　她有著卷曲的棕色頭發

　　和大大的、天真的眼睛

　　我能從她的臉上看到微笑

　　我希望能永遠這樣看著她

　　It dawned on me then that the ending of the book

　　was what I wanted for her.

　　I wanted her to 'live happily ever after.'

　　那時我明白了故事的結尾也是我對她的期望

　　我希望她“從此過上幸福的生活。”

　　Still, deep in my heart

　　I knew that this couldn't always be so.

　　I knew that there would be times

　　when her heart was broken.

　　然而內心深處我知道現實并非總能如我所愿

　　我知道有時她會傷心

　　I knew there would be times

　　when she cried in grief and I couldn't comfort her.

　　我知道有時她會傷心地哭泣

　　而我卻不能給她安慰

　　I knew there would be times

　　when all she felt

　　was fear, sadness, sorrow, and despair.

　　我知道

　　有時她只會感到

　　恐懼、傷心、懊悔和絕望

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