After the second night I was desperate. I had nothing to eat because I travel slower than usual when I have something in my belly that is tickling me.

又到了第二天的晚上，我因为他的缘故，很不舒服，游得太慢，吃不到食物。

youdao

I'd picked a good day. I was pleased he'd remembered me and my family and relieved he didn't mind the tickling so got straight to the point and asked him what it's like to be his age.

看来我挑到好日子了，很高兴他还记得我跟我的家人，而且他也不在意我挠他耳朵，于是我长驱直入问他这个年纪有什么感觉。

youdao

But then, at the most unexpected moments, a tenderhearted sympathy, raw and sudden, would rise in him, and he would plunge his face into my neck, sniff deeply and kiss, tickling me with his mustache.

NEWYORKER: Naima