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
