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To speak of man's fortunes--
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my grandmother
had a terrible life.
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At home, she couldn't get along
with my stepmother.
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Her first husband had a son.
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She went to the brick kilns at Hatavu
to live with him.
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Who was to know that...
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right after he gave
a birthday celebration for me...
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he developed a hernia.
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They took him to the hospital
in Taipei for an operation.
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They brought him in standing,
but carried him out lying down--
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dead!
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After the funeral, she went to live
with her husband's grandson.
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And you know...
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within a week,
the grandson was dead!
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After he died, my grandmother
still could see things straight.
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So she went to live
with her daughter.
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Her daughter had
an adopted daughter...
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who was strong
as a cement bucket.
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But within three days
after my grandmother arrived...
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even the cement bucket
fell apart.
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My aunt was so scared...
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that she escorted my grandmother
back to my father's.
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Two days after she got home,
my stepmother fell ill!
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My father was so scared...
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that he immediately wrote me
in the hills.
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I rushed home and asked
what the big deal was.
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He said, "From now on, the money
you earn is yours own to spend."