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"Promise me two things" “答应我两件事。” Not today, Dad, I thought. 不，不要在今天，爸爸。我这样想着。 Please not today. 求求你，别在今天说这样的话。 But my plea went unheeded . 但我的祈祷没有应验 When my father had something to say, he said it. 当爸爸想要说什么的时候，他就一定会说出口。 "Promise me I'll die in my own bed." “答应我，我会死在自己的床上。” Really, Dad, can't this wait? 真要这样吗？爸爸？这件事就不能等一等吗？ "Promise me I won't die alone." “答应我，我不会孤孤单单的死去。” There it was. 事情果然发生了。 Almost three years ago Dad asked me to make those promises . 三年前，我爸爸请我答应他这两个请求 Foolishly, I promised him he would die in his own bed, 傻傻的我做出了承诺，我保证他会死在自己的床上 and he wouldn't die alone. 并且，他不会孤孤单单的死去 Predictably, I broke both promises. 可想而知，我没有实现自己的承诺 I gazed at my two-year-old grandson. 我看着自己两岁的孙子 Yes, two years old today, his birthday. | 
