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That was a problem for me because I had two big glasses of lemonade at the restaurant and REALLY needed to use the bathroom. I spotted a gas station up ahead and asked Mom and Dad if I could hop out and use the bathroom, then catch up with the car after I was done. Dad didn't like the idea because he was worried that by the time I got back, they might already be through the tollbooth. By now it was pretty obvious the pig needed to go, too, because it was running in little circles inside the cooler. Mom said I could use the bathroom at the gas station as long as I brought the pig WITH me.

这可把我难坏了，因为我刚才在餐厅喝了两大杯柠檬水，真的急着要上厕所。 我看到前面有个加油站，就问爸妈能不能我先下车去方便，完了再追上车子。 爸爸不同意这个主意，他担心等我上完回来，他们早就开过收费站了。 这会儿很明显，这只小猪也憋不住了，因为它在冷藏箱里绕着小圈转个不停。 妈妈说我可以去加油站上厕所，但必须把小猪带在我身边。

So I tucked it under my arm and ran across three lanes of traffic to the gas station. I tried the handle to the men's room, but it was locked. I waited for the person using it to come OUT, but whoever was in there wasn't in any rush to wrap things up.

于是我把小猪夹在胳膊底下，穿过三条车道往加油站跑。 我拧了男厕所的门把手，可门是锁着的。 我等着里面的人出来，可不管谁在里面，完全不着急完事。

I was getting kind of desperate, so I tried the handle to the women's room, but THAT was locked, too. I ran back to the car, which had only moved forward about five feet in the time I was gone. When I told Mom that both bathrooms were occupied, she said gas station bathrooms are ALWAYS locked and that I had to ask the ATTENDANT for the key. So I ran BACK to the gas station and told the guy at the desk I needed to use the restroom in a hurry.

我都快急坏了，于是去拧女厕所的门把手，结果那扇也锁了。 我跑回车子那儿，我离开这一会儿，车子才往前挪了五英尺而已。 我跟妈妈说两间厕所都有人，她说加油站厕所本来就一直锁着，得去找服务员拿钥匙。 于是我又跑回加油站，急急忙忙跟前台的人说我赶时间要用厕所。

I'm not sure what I was expecting from a gas station bathroom, but it was actually a lot WORSE than I could've even imagined. Let me just say it was pretty awkward using the toilet with a farm animal staring right at me. But the pig was even MORE embarrassed than I was, because when it was the pig's turn to go, nothing happened.

我本来对加油站厕所就没抱啥指望，可它居然比我能想到的还要糟糕得多。 说真的，上厕所的时候有只小猪直勾勾盯着我，实在挺尴尬的。 可小猪比我还难为情，轮到它的时候，它啥也解不出来。

After I gave the key back to the attendant, I spotted our van just as it was about to go through the tollbooth. So I sprinted all the way across traffic to get to it in time. But before I opened the door, I wish I had noticed that the van didn't have a BOAT attached to it. OUR van was actually still a few cars back, and by the time I got inside, the pig looked like he was about to burst. I guess Mom was right about pigs being smart, because when I put him on Manny's potty seat, he knew EXACTLY what to do.

我把钥匙还给服务员后，刚好看到我们的车正要开入收费站。 于是我拼了命跑过马路，就为了及时赶上车。 可拉开车门前，我居然没注意到这辆车后面没拴着船。 我们的车其实还在后面几辆车的位置，等我回到车上，小猪看起来都快憋炸了。 我看妈妈说猪聪明真没说错，我把它放到曼尼的儿童马桶上，它一下子就清楚该做什么了。

OINNKK! Monday. When we pulled up to the hotel last night, I was relieved that it looked a lot nicer than the place we stayed the night BEFORE. Mom and Dad weren't taking any chances on getting turned away at the desk because of the pig, so we kept it in the cooler until we got into our room.

哼噜——！ 星期一。 昨晚我们开到酒店的时候，我松了一大口气，这酒店看着比我们前一晚住的地方好多了。 爸妈怕前台因为小猪不让我们入住，所以进房间前一直把小猪藏在冷藏箱里。