匆匆太匆匆（9）：巴士游赞歌

这是女儿写的《巴士游赞歌》，作为我们此次东部游的完结篇。跟着旅行团出游，不用事先做功课，大大小小去许多景点，有其独特的优点。每天早出晚归，到处赶着到此一游，没有足够的时间尽心享受，也有其本身的局限。女儿说了，下一次不跟团了，我们自己度假享受去，不再赶时间看景点。说是这么说，她写的《巴士游赞歌》还算是正面的颂扬吧。

我翻译的中文

赞扬啊巴士游

曾经有一个姓马的家庭

拜访了费城大都市

他们好想在那里游玩

但是没有逗留的时间

因为他们要赶去特区

华盛顿特区很是不错

父母已经去了那里两次

史密森博物馆

看起来有点像个竞技场

虽然里面的午餐缺乏调料

马家还是进了馆内参观

（或者，你可以说他们被送入）

为了获得大量的信息

象箩筐装的那么多

但在一个小时内他们的进展甚微

下一站是国会山庄

这绝对不是一个普通的地方

它看起来像座白色的宫殿

而不是地图上的一个鼠标

所以马家拍了不少照片

马家又赶去蜡像馆

与总统的雕塑共度时光

观看目光如炬的凝视

这是一个非常大的迷宫

蜡像们看上去真假莫辨

最后的惊喜是在酒店

这不是特区的小旅馆

而是在弗吉尼亚州

一片农耕地上的万豪酒店

里面有一个仙境般的游泳池

 

女儿的英文原稿

An Ode to this Bus Tour

There once was a family named Ma

Who visited the city of Philadelphia

They wanted to play

But couldn’t get to stay

For they had to leave for the DC

The District of Columbia was nice

Since the parents were visiting twice

The Smithsonian Museum

Which looked a bit like a coliseum

Though the food was lacking in spice

Inside the Smithsonian the Ma’s went

(Or, you could say they were sent)

To get lots of info

Certainly by the bucketful

But in an hour they hardly made a dent

The next stop was to Capitol Hill

Which was definitely not run-of-the-mill

It looked like the White House

And not like a mouse

So the Ma’s took many pictures

The Ma’s traveled to a wax sculpture place

With sculptures of the President’s days

With life-like gaze

It was a very big maze

And the wax sculptures looked real

The final surprise was in the hotel

Which wasn’t a DC motel

It was in Virginia

A Marriot in the lea

Where there was a wonderful pool