I didn't stay home for long because I'd madeapromise to Bubba, and I always tryto keep my promise, so I went on downto Bayou La Batre to meet Bubba's family.

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Anyway, my mother tried to paint me, but I'd never hold still long enough.

我母亲也试过给我画肖像,可我总是坐不住

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So I'd be forced to stay a long time and not enjoy myself.

我就不得不被迫留下来，却玩得不尽兴。

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I'd long suspected that my mother had wildly embellished her stories of China, and I wondered what else had been an exaggeration.

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