There was a father who told him what to do when he was in trouble.

爸爸会在他处于麻烦之时指点他，告诉他下一步要怎么做；

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Once upon a time, there was a father, and in case you can't figure that out, that's me.

从前从前，有一位父亲，万一你搞不清楚，那个人就是我。

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Here's a little story: - Once there was a father and a son who owned a couple of donkeys.

有一个小小的故事说：从前有一对父子拥有两只驴子。

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As a child,there was her father. Later there was her father's law partner, and a churchman she met in the city of Philadelphia.

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Coolidge's father was a local court official there.

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For the next eleven Ceasars, there was not instance where a father was able to make his son an emperor.

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He was born there and his father was a popular governor.

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When they arrived, there was also a caregiver, because the father, too, was severely mentally handicapped.

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