One day, while I was waiting for my father, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short distance.

一天，当我在等爸爸的时候，我看见一个大约两岁的小男孩在草地上自由地奔跑，他妈妈就在不远处看着。

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The boy saw it all, and yet they were only going round the grass-plot.

男孩看到了这一切，然而他们只是在绕着草坪走。

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The boy would then fall to the grass, get up, without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could, again, still with a smile on his face, as if nothing had happened.

然后，小男孩摔倒在草地上，再爬起来，不回头看他的母亲，再一次以最快的速度跑起来。他的脸上仍然挂着微笑，好像什么也没发生过。

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In the garden, standing back at first, not taking part, Donovan moved forward when the boy was lying on the grass.

NEWYORKER: Bravado