We have the dialectic of suspense on the one hand, how will this be resolved, and inevitability on the other, "Oh, it's a folk tale, it'll be resolved, don't worry about it."

我们一方面有悬念的对立，就不可避免地会有，另一个方面，即这个会怎样解决，“哦，这是个传说，这会解决的，不用担心它“

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It's not as though, oh, today is odd but maybe tomorrow it will be even.

并不是说，哦，今天它是奇数,也许明天就是偶数了。

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