这是一首关于平凡生活的真理，言辞诙谐幽默，耐人寻味。但毕竟这是外国人写的，由于存在文化及生活背景的差异，所以小编初看这首诗，其实有许多句子是不理解的。不过请教完外教Simon后，我才深刻体会到作者笔下的幽默。再次细细读来，不觉感叹生活的每个阶段都有其特别的魅力，在忙碌的生活中，我们需要多点时间去思考品味生活的真谛！
　　(Tracy)
　　
　　Great Truths About Life That Little Children Have Learned:
　　1) No matter how hard you try, you can’t 1)baptize cats.
　　2) When your mom is mad at your dad, don’t let her brush your hair.
　　3) If your sister hits you, don’t hit her back. They always catch the second person.
　　4) Never ask your 3 year old brother to hold a tomato.
　　5) You can’t trust dogs to watch your food.
　　6) Don’t 2)sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.
　　7) Never hold a 3)Dust Buster and a cat at the same time.
　　8) You can’t hide a piece of 4)broccoli in a glass of milk.
　　9) Don’t wear 5)polka dot underwear under white shorts.
　　10) The best place to be when you’re sad is Grandpa’s 6)lap.
　　
　　Great Truths About Life That Adults Have Learned:
　　1) Raising teenagers is like 7)nailing 8)Jell O to a tree.
　　2) Wrinkles don’t hurt.
　　3) Families are like 9)fudge . . . mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
　　4) Today’s 10)mighty 11)oak is just yesterday’s nut that held its ground.
　　5) Laughing is good exercise. It’s like 12)jogging on the inside.
　　6) Middle age is when you choose your 13)cereal for the 14)fiber, not the joy.
　　


　　Great Truths About Growing Old:
　　1) Growing old is 15)mandatory; growing up is 16)optional.
　　2) Forget the health food. I need all the 17)preservatives I can get.
　　3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you’re down there.
　　4) You’re getting old when you get the same 18)sensation from a 19)rocking chair that you once got from a 20)roller coaster.
　　5) It’s frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
　　6) Time may be a great healer, but it’s a 21)lousy 22)beautician.
　　7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.
　　8) You know you’re old when you get back from a 23)night out and it’s still dark outside.
　　
　　Great Truths About Success:
　　At age 4 success is . . . not 24)peeing in your pants.
　　At age 12 success is . . . having friends.
　　At age 16 success is . . . having a driver’s 25)license.
　　At age 20 success is . . . having sex.
　　At age 35 success is . . . having money.
　　At age 50 success is . . . having money.
　　At age 60 success is . . . having sex.
　　At age 70 success is . . . having a driver’s license.
　　At age 75 success is . . . having friends.
　　At age 80 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.
　　


　　Tips:
　　① baptize cats 给猫取名字。养过猫的读者一定可以理解，酷酷的猫不像狗狗，它们对自己的名字不敏感。
　　②a Dust Buster是一种很松软的抹布，当小孩把它和一个毛软软的小猫咪摆一块时，是很容易混淆二者，错把猫咪当抹布用。这里是作者的小幽默。
　　③polka dot underwear是一种有圆点图案的内衣裤，如果与white shorts （白色的短裤）搭配起来，人们很容易透过白色的短裤看见那些颜色亮丽的圆点。
　　④with a few nutsnut有“坚果”和“难题”两种意思，作者此处用nuts 有一语双关之妙。
　　⑤ night out 意思是狂欢夜。当你年轻时，参加party，你可以通宵狂欢。但年老了就没有精力了，天还没亮就得回家休息。