我會爬到碼頭邊緣的一堵大約兩呎高三呎寬的牆上去，然後趴下來把頭伸出去看著流過的海水，一看就是好幾個鐘頭，時間久到我母親都開始四處找我了。當她找著我的時候，她是幾乎暈了過去的看著我；一個小不點，把腦袋懸在碼頭邊牆外面；然後臉上帶著微笑的用手溫和的把我抱起來說：「回家囉。」她從來不責罵我，她只跟我說我不該那麼做因為我可能會掉下去。

But I never fell in. I didn't believe it.

但是我從沒掉下去過，我根本不相信會。

Liking the water so much I'd wander back to the dock.

由於這麼喜愛水，所以我都會再偷偷的溜回去。

Even as a child I wasn't believing what others told me. My mother warned me that green bananas made people sick. I used to love bananas. I had eaten green bananas and had not gotten sick. So to prove a point, one day I ate a dozen green bananas and said, "Look, Ma! I feel fine!"

雖然我還小，但我並不會相信人家所告訴我的。我母親警告我說沒熟的香蕉會讓人生病的，那時我很喜歡香蕉，我曾吃了沒熟的香蕉但也沒生病。所以為了證明這一點，有一天我就吃了一整打的綠香蕉，然後跟她說：「媽，妳看! 我覺得很好啊!」

She just laughed.

她就笑開了。

My mother used to get a delight out of me. Here I was, so little and acting like a grown-up, teaching her by proving things to her.

我母親經常從我這邊得到愉悅。像這次，我這麼小卻儼然大人般的用實證來給她教導。