ولأنني ولدت من دون عظام الرجل السفلى وكان لدي قلة من الأصابع في كلتى الرجلين فكان يجب على هذا الغريب أن يحمل الخبر السيء لوالديّ
And, because I was born without the fibula bones,  and had feet turned in, and a few toes in this foot and a few toes in that,  he had to be the bearer -- this stranger had to be the bearer of bad news.