I can't tell my son what to do; it's water off a duck's back with him.

我无法告诉我儿子该做什么，他根本听不进去。

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An hour later, the son came back with the empty basket and told his father it was impossible to hold water with the basket.

一个小时后，儿子带着空篮子回来了，告诉父亲用篮子装水是不可能的。

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The basket had no difference after the son used it to get water from the river.

在儿子用篮子从河里取水后，篮子没有任何变化。

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The primitive fish mouth straining for water and finding it as my son releases it in the shallows.

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