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第2章 小托马斯

Mrs. Weasley hesitated, then smiled.

natural feeling in a little thing like me! They make a plaything of

Neh 8:1 And wh

my dears?”

Neh 4:11 And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.

No. I had resolved to run away.—To go, by some means or other,

my bed, having received strict orders from Bessie to get it

Num 1:11 From Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni;

Much of my private time was spent reflecting, asking myself questions such as, "Why does he say that?" and then asking the same question of the other dad's statement. It would have been much easier to simply say, "Yeah, he's right. I agree with that." Or to simply reject the point of view by saying, "The old man doesn't know what he's talking about." Instead, having two dads whom I loved forced me to think and ultimately choose a way of thinking for myself. As a process, choosing for myself turned out to be much more valuable in the long run, rather than simply accepting or rejecting a single point of view.