There was a man who always forgot things.(1) .One day, he went out with his little son. He was so happy that he put the son on his shoulders.(2)
After a time, he suddenly thought of his son, he asked people : “ Have you seen my child?”
One of his villagers laughed and said:”Don’t you know he is on your shoulders?”
Hearing this , the man took down his son from his shoulders , then shouted angrily :“ I have told you not to go here and there (3). Where did you go just now?”
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(1) Forget things : hay quên/ quên trước quên sau
(2) put the son on his shoulders: Cho con ngồi lên vai/ cung kêng
(3) here and there: đây đó / đi lung tung
piggyback : trên lưng ( on the back)to ride piggyback on somebody : ngồi trên lưng ai
to give someone a piggyback : cõng ai
