After that, whenever the mule was crossing a river, it would tumble down, no matter how people stopped it.

自那以后，每当这匹骡子过河时，总要摔倒，不管人们想什么办法也制止不了。

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And, yet, a few streets down from the tourist icon of Galata Tower, ancient alleys tumble down to the Golden Horn in a decayed and unlit grandiosity, untouched, it would seem, since about 1840 such is Istanbul's gift for mad contradiction.

WSJ: Dreaming in Ottoman: Istanbul at a Crossroads