原版英文故事与诗歌：Lots of Good Luck

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原版英文故事与诗歌：The Broken Mirror, The Black Cat, and Lots of Good Luck

Nikos was an ordinary man. Nothing particularly good ever happened to him, nothing particularly bad ever happened to him. He went through life accepting the mixture of good things and bad things that happen to everyone. He never looked for any explan

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