My father woke me up early one summer morning when I was fourteen and announced: "Get up. You're going with me to cut the grass in the garden."

我十四岁的一个夏日早晨，父亲把我早早叫醒，说：“起床了。你要和我一起去花园除草了。”

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I heard the story of the rat and the elephant one day in early summer, some weeks into my time among girls who are expected to marry very young.

在夏天初期我接触到那些早婚的女孩子时候，我曾听过一个老鼠和大象的故事。

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As midnight approached at Bardo one weekend early this summer, I had to bob and weave among the 100 people squeezed in its two main rooms.

今年初夏的一个周末，当午夜降临的时候，巴都的两个大厅里挤满了100位客人，我只能在他们中间弯弯曲曲地绕行。

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