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so what's the matter now don't tell  me your friends are bothering you

所以现在出了什么问题，别告诉我你的朋友

again yes they are they want me to get  a tattoo on my arm what should I do  

又来打扰你了，是的，他们想让我在手臂上纹身，

then I think you need to hear this  story I'm sure you learn something

然后我该怎么办，我想你需要听这个故事，我相信你学到了一些

important most people got their  tattoos on their 18th birthday it  

重要的 东西 大多数人在 18 岁生日那天纹身，这

was what you did people booked their  appointments months in advance at the  

就是你所做的人们提前几个月

best tattoo parlor in town you didn't want  to find that they had no more appointments

在城里最好的纹身店预约你不想发现他们没有更多的预约了

left May was a very busy month because most people  had their birthdays in May so it was very hard to  

五月是一个非常繁忙的月份，因为大多数人人们在五月过生日，所以很难

get an appointment then sometimes people got  angry at the people who worked at the tattoo

预约，有时人们会对纹身店的工作人员生气，

parlor or they PID hundreds of pounds  just to get an appointment Gary wasn't  

或者他们为了预约而花费数百英镑，加里和

like most people he didn't want a  tattoo his parents his friends and  

大多数人不同。不想纹身 他的父母、他的朋友和

his girlfriend all told him that he would  want a tattoo one day like everyone else  

他的女朋友都告诉他，有一天他会像其他人一样想要纹身

I know you think you don't want it said G's  girlfriend clear but just think when you turn  

我知道你认为你不想要纹身 G 的女朋友说得很清楚，但想想当你满

18 most of your friends will have their  tattoos already people will want to see

18 岁的时候，你的大多数朋友已经有纹身了，人们会想看看

yours look you can tell them that  you're getting it later that you  

你的纹身，你可以告诉他们，你稍后会得到它，你

couldn't book an appointment but  how long can you lie why one day  

无法预约，但你能撒谎多久，为什么有一天

you look around and think God why  don't I have a tattoo everyone else

你环顾四周，想上帝为什么不这样做我有一个纹身，其他人

does but why do I need one said Gary everyone  else has one yes but I don't want one but Gary  

都有，但为什么我需要一个，加里说，其他人都有一个，是的，但我不想要一个，但加里

said clar you're always like this you think that  because you have to do it that it's something bad

说，克拉，你总是这样，你认为因为你必须这样做，这是一件坏事

you were like this when you learned to drive as  well think of it like this getting a tattoo is  

当你学会开车的时候你也是这样的，想想看，纹身是一种向

a way to tell the world about yourself it's a way  to say this is me this is who I am this is what I

世界讲述你自己的方式，这是一种告诉世界的方式，这就是我，这就是我，这就是我

want and I can't wait to see what you  choose Gary sighed and he started talking  

想要的，我可以的。等不及要看你选择什么了，加里叹了口气，然后开始谈论

about something else that was the other thing  the thing that Gary couldn't talk to anyone

其他事情，那是加里无法与任何人谈论的另一件事，

about he didn't think it mattered why did  you need that tattoo to tell the world  

他认为这并不重要，为什么你需要那个纹身来告诉

about yourself why couldn't you just  be yourself dress how you want it talk  

全世界你自己 为什么你不能做你自己 穿你想要的衣服 说

how you want it and so on people know  who you are just by talking to you on

你想要的方式 等等人们只要在

day but no the tattoo was important what  you chose for your tattoos said what you  

那天和你说话就知道你是谁，但不，纹身很重要 你为纹身选择的内容 说出了你的

thought what you liked who you were some  people got tattoos of their pets or strong  

想法你喜欢什么，你是谁，有些人纹了他们的宠物或强大的

animals like lions or stars or moons  or whatever some people got words in  

动物，如狮子、星星、月亮或其他什么东西，有些人纹了外语文字，有些人纹了

foreign languages some people got simple  shapes actually Gary didn't know what  

简单的形状，实际上加里 好几年

he could get for several years when he  thought about getting a tattoo he felt

都不知道他能纹到什么。 他想过纹身，他感到

anxious he knew who he was but he  couldn't take CL and put her in a  

焦虑，他知道自己是谁，但他不能把 CL 拍下来，把她放在照片里，

picture it was more than that  more than just a few words or  

这不仅仅是几个词或

a shape people thought it was bad to tell  other people what your tattoo was going to

一个形状，人们认为告诉别人是不好的你的纹身会是什么

be of course many people talked about  it Gary's friends had told him what  

当然很多人都在谈论加里的朋友告诉他

tattoos they wanted they knew what  they wanted so when they asked Gary  

他们想要什么纹身他们知道他们想要什么所以当他们问加里

what he wanted he told them he  knew but he didn't want to tell

他想要什么时他告诉他们他知道但他不想告诉

them one day his mom found out that  he was anxious about his tattoo she  

他们有一天，他妈妈发现他对自己的纹身感到焦虑，她

told him it was normal that many people get  anxious so just get it in a hidden Place get  

告诉他，很多人感到焦虑是正常的，所以只要把它放在一个隐蔽的地方，

it on your palp if you need to Mom but it  was true most people got their tattoos on  

如果你需要的话，把它放在你的手掌上，妈妈，但事实是，大多数人都得到了他们的纹身

their arm or leg so they couldn't show  it to people some people really wanted  

有些人真的想让

the world to know who they were so they  got their tattoo on their head or their

世界知道他们是谁，所以他们把纹身纹在自己的头上或手上，

hand some people wanted to keep it  hidden so they got it in their back  

有些 人想把它隐藏起来，所以他们把它纹在了自己的身上。 他们的 背部

or the bottom of their foot or  yes their bum but those people  

或脚底，或者是他们的屁股，但这些人

often got treated badly these days  it wasn't cool to get it a hidden

现在经常受到虐待，在

tattoo the day after your 18th  birthday everyone wanted to see  

你 18 岁生日后的第二天纹一个隐藏的纹身并不酷，每个人都想看到

it so if it was hidden they sometimes took  your clothes off and took a picture anyway  

它，所以如果它是隐藏的，他们有时会采取无论如何，你脱掉衣服拍了张照片，

Gary did not want that Gary knew that  there were some people who didn't get

Gary 不想让 Gary 知道有些人没有

tattoos one of his ankles was like that but  he had never met him his family didn't like  

纹身，他的一个脚踝就是这样，但他从未见过他，他的家人也不喜欢

to talk about him either Gary didn't understand  why why were people who didn't get tattoos treated

谈论他加里不明白为什么没有纹身的人会受到

differently they were seen as  strange people said they were  

不同的对待，他们被视为奇怪的人，说他们就像

like children because children didn't  have tattoos they often couldn't get  

孩子一样，因为孩子没有纹身，他们经常找不到

jobs because their boss wanted to  know who they were who they really

工作，因为他们的老板想知道他们是谁他们就是真正

were and if someone didn't have a tattoo  they were hiding something weren't they  

的自己，如果有人没有纹身，他们就隐藏了一些东西，不是吗？

so Gary knew that one day he would probably  have to get a tattoo he could keep saying  

所以加里知道有一天他可能必须去纹身，他可以一直拒绝，

no but one day he would have to on the day  of his 18th birthday his parents took him  

但有一天他必须在他 18 岁生日那天他的父母带他

to the tattoo paror of course they did they  had booked an appointment months in advance  

去纹身店，当然他们确实这么做了，他们已经预约了提前几个月

without telling him Gary didn't want to go he  said he wanted to go and see his friends but  

没有告诉他 加里不想去，他说他想去见他的朋友，但

his parents had booked the appointment for 10:  a.m. and they couldn't change it when Gary got  

他的父母已经预订了上午 10 点的预约，他们无法更改，当加里到达

there he went into a room with a tattoo artist  the tattoo artist was a woman was maybe 40 or

那里时，他走进了一个房间纹身师是一位女性，大约 40 或

50 she had lots of tattoos of course all tattoo  artists did they were the only people who could  

50 岁，她有很多纹身，当然，所有纹身艺术家都是他们是唯一可以纹

get more than one tattoo well other people could  but they were treated as strange wasn't one

上多个纹身的人，其他人也可以，但他们被视为奇怪的不是。 加里 很

enough Gary was surprised that  that tattoo artist was a woman  

惊讶纹身师是一名女性，

usually men got tattoos from other men  and women got from other women but his  

通常男人从其他男人那里纹身，女人从其他女人那里纹身，但他的

parents had probably chosen a woman  because it might make him feel less

父母可能选择了一位女人，因为这可能会让他感觉不那么

anxious or maybe it was the only appointment  they could get anyway she was very friendly  

焦虑，或者也许这是他们唯一的约会无论如何，她非常友好，

she gave him a cup of tea and asked what  things he liked what his Hobbies were if  

她给了他一杯茶，问他喜欢什么，他的爱好是什么，如果

he had any pets or people he really loved his  parents must have told her he was anxious about  

他有宠物或他真正爱的人，他的父母一定告诉她，他对此感到焦虑，

it it made it worse Gary did have a lots of  things he loved of course but none of them  

这让情况变得更糟 加里当然，他确实有很多他喜欢的东西，但没有一个

were so special none of them were so great  that he wanted them tattoo on his body and  

是那么特别，没有一个是那么伟大，他想把它们纹身在他的身上，

where could he get it he didn't want one  where everyone could see it but he didn't  

他从哪里可以得到它，他不想要一个每个人都能看到的东西，但他不想

want want to be treated badly but the guys at  the school and then Gary had an idea can I get  

受到不好的对待，但是学校里的人，然后加里想出了一个主意，我可以

a tattoo on my head the tattoo artist looked  very surprised well yes you can but you have  

在头上纹身吗？纹身师看起来很惊讶，是的，可以，但是你有

a lot of hair nobody will be able to see it and  I can't tattoo you until you get your hair cut

很多头发，没人能做到看它，我不能给你纹身，直到你剪头发

Gary stood up could you wait while I go to  the barber then the tattoo artist side and  

加里站起来你能等一下吗我去理发师然后纹身师一边

checked her watch all right but big quick Gary  ran out his parents were waiting outside the

检查她的手表好吧但是很快加里跑了出去他的父母正在外面等在房间

room and they were surprised to see him don't have  time to explain he said I'm going to The Barbers  

里，他们惊讶地发现他没有时间解释，他说我要去理发店，

his parents probably thought he was going to get a  tattoo on the side of his head that was a popular

他的父母可能以为他要在头的一侧纹个纹身，这是一种流行

fashion yes it meant you had to cut your hair  short but it looked really cool but Gary didn't  

时尚，是的，这意味着你必须把头发剪短，但看起来真的很酷，但加里不想，

want that he told the barber he wanted him  to shave all his hair off the man was very

他告诉理发师他希望他把他所有的头发都剃掉，那个人很

surprised but you're so young you have  wonderful hair do you really want to go  

惊讶，但你这么年轻，你的头发很漂亮，你真的吗？想要

bold yes yes and I don't have much time so the  barber shaved all his hair off and Gary was

大胆，是的，我没有太多时间，所以理发师把他所有的头发都剃掉了，加里很

bold he looked very strange but  he didn't care he said thank you  

大胆，他看起来很奇怪，但他不在乎，他说谢谢你

pet The Barber and then ran back  to the tattoo artist oh my God  

宠爱理发师，然后跑回纹身处艺术家哦天哪，

said his mother when she saw him but  she didn't have time to say anything

他妈妈看到他时说，但她没有时间再说什么，

else because he was already back in the room with  a tattoo artist I'm ready he said panting and I  

因为他已经和纹身艺术家一起回到房间了，我准备好了，他气喘吁吁地说，我知道

know what I want nobody liked Gary's tattoo  firstly it wasn't original everyone wanted  

我想要什么，没人喜欢加里的首先，它不是原创的，每个人都想要

an original tattoo and Garis was just a simple x  shape lots of people had those but they usually  

一个原创的纹身，加里斯只是一个简单的X形状，很多人都有这样的纹身，但他们通常

got something with the X to make it more original  but not gar he just had a big X shape of course  

会用X来制作一些东西，使它更原创，但不是加里斯，当然，他只是有一个大X形状

the place he got that tattoo was very original too  original his friends all thought it was funny they  

他纹身的地方非常原始，太原始了，他的朋友们都觉得这很有趣，他们

said that only Gary could get a tattoo on the  top of his head so it was perfect for him but  

说只有加里才能在他的头顶上纹身，所以这对他来说是完美的，但

his parents hated it and his girlfriend Claire  really hated it weeks passed Gary's Hair started  

他的父母讨厌它，他的女朋友克莱尔真的很讨厌几周过去了，加里的头发又开始

to grow again his friends stopped laughing about  his tattoo and life started being normal again  

长起来，他的朋友们不再嘲笑他的纹身，生活又开始恢复正常，

but then the questions started when are you going  to get a real one asked his dad I mean that was a  

但随后问题开始了，你什么时候才能得到一个真正的头发，问他的爸爸，我的意思是，这是一个

funny joke Gary but you need a real tattoo you  can't go bowl every time you want to show it  

有趣的笑话加里，但你需要一个真正的纹身，你不能每次都想把它展示

to someone Gary couldn't believe it he had done  the thing that everyone wanted hadn't he so why  

给别人看时就去打保龄球，加里简直不敢相信，他做了每个人都想要的事情，不是吗？所以为什么

was it a problem but his dad wasn't the only one  Claire asked him to get a new tattoo every day she  

这是一个问题，但他的父亲并不是唯一的一个克莱尔每天都要求他纹一个新纹身，她

Drew pictures for him texted him ideas finally  it was too much for him and he stopped seeing  

为他画了一些照片，给他发了短信，最后这对他来说太过分了，他不再再见到她了。

her Gary didn't get a new tattoo of course the  first one had heart and it cost a lot of money  

加里当然没有纹一个新纹身，第一个纹身是有心的，而且花了很多钱。很多钱，

yes his parents had pet for it but he hated that  they pet for something he didn't want and really  

是的，他的父母养了宠物，但他讨厌他们养他不想要的东西，而且

he didn't like the tattoo to had gten it was fun  but it really didn't look good Gary's Hair grew  

他真的不喜欢纹身，虽然很有趣，但看起来确实不太好，加里的头发长了

and soon you couldn't see the tattoo at all he  was happy with this and he didn't feel anxious  

很快你就根本看不到纹身了，他对此很满意，他不再感到焦虑，他

anymore he could forget that it was there  but of course this just made everyone else

可以忘记它就在那里，但这当然让其他人

angry fine Gary had gotten a bad  tattoo but now he was hiding it  

生气了，好吧，加里的纹身很糟糕，但现在他 向全世界 隐瞒了

from the world you can't get a tattoo  there and then cover it with hair said  

你不能在那里纹个纹身然后用头发盖住它

his mother you should shave off  all your hair again or get a new

他妈妈说你应该再剃掉所有的头发或者做一个新

tattoo no said Gary I won't do it I got  the tattoo okay you should be happy now  

纹身不说加里我不会这样做我纹身好了你现在应该高兴了

I don't have to be like everyone else Gary  went to University and there there he had  

我不必像其他人一样 加里去了大学，在那里他遇到了

more problems everyone showed each other  their tattoos it was a great way to make  

更多问题 每个人都互相展示他们的纹身 这是结交

friends because you could talk about  why you got your tattoo like that and  

朋友的好方法，因为你可以谈论你为什么要纹身就像这样，

when someone had a hidden tattoo everyone  wanted to know where it was and what it

当有人有一个隐藏的纹身时，每个人都想知道它在哪里以及它是什么，

was Gary told nobody where his tattoo was several  girls tried to sleep with him because they thought  

加里告诉任何人他的纹身在哪里，几个女孩试图和他睡觉，因为

he might have it on his bump when people  found out where it really was they were not

当人们发现它的位置时，她们认为他可能有纹身在他的肚子上他们真的很不高兴，

happy some boys from the football  team went into his room at night  

足球队的一些男孩晚上走进他的房间，

and shaved all his hair off the  next day everyone saw his tattoo  

第二天把他的头发都剃光了，每个人都看到他的纹身

and laughed at him what about tattoo  they said it could be better to have

并嘲笑他，纹身呢，他们说最好在

known until then Gary had been thinking about  getting another tattoo it was just too hard  

那之前就知道加里一直在考虑再纹一个纹身，他的 X 形纹身太难了

with his x-shaped one but now he knew that  he could never get one this was who he was  

，但现在他知道他永远不可能再纹一个纹身，这就是他，

and he found out that there was a word for it  tless tless people were people who couldn't get  

他发现有一个词可以形容它，除非人们是这样的人无法

tattoos or didn't want tattoos some tless people  had tattoos but they removed them or they never  

纹身或不想纹身 有些人除非有纹身，但他们把它们去除了，或者他们从未

showed them to people tlist finally Gary met other  tless people he was very anxious but when he met  

向人们展示过它们 最后加里遇到了其他人，除非他非常焦虑，但当他遇到

them he knew that they were his people they  understood what it was like to be treated so  

他们时，他知道他们是他的人他们明白受到如此恶劣的对待是什么感觉，

badly they understood why he didn't want a tattoo  and they thought he was great for that tattoo he

他们明白为什么他不想纹身，他们认为他很适合他纹的纹身，

got Gary liked one of the tless girls very much  and they started dating they had to keep their  

加里非常喜欢其中一个女孩，他们开始约会，他们必须保留自己的纹身。

love hidden of course if Gary's parents knew  he had a tless girlfriend they couldn't be

爱是隐藏的，当然，如果加里的父母知道他有一个不好的女朋友，他们就不会

happy many times garr's girlfriend said you  know you could get that tattoo removed I  

高兴很多次，加尔的女朋友说你知道你可以把那个纹身去掉，我

know it's hidden but it's so much better  when it's removed when mine was removed  

知道它是隐藏的，但是当我的纹身被去掉时，它会好得多，

I felt amazing and it's very safe I have  a friend who does it but guard said not  

我觉得太棒了，而且非常安全，我有一个朋友这样做，但警卫说不是，

it's hidden that's enough if I can't see it  it doesn't matter Gary and Kyle is tail to  

它是隐藏的，如果我看不到它就足够了，没关系，

together over the years when Gary Grew Older  he started going bold he had been woring about

多年来加里和凯尔一直在一起，当加里长大后，他开始变得大胆他一直在担心

this now his tattoo couldn't be hidden and  he would have to remember everything that had  

这个问题，现在他的纹身无法隐藏了，他必须记住发生的一切，

happened he hadn't talked to his parents in years  and he didn't want to remember the day he got that

他已经很多年没有和父母说过话了，他不想记住他纹身的那一天，

tattoo so he decided to get it removed but  first he had to shave off all his hair Kyle  

所以他决定把它去掉，但首先他必须剃掉所有的头发凯尔

did it for him Gary closed his eyes and Kyle  shaved it very quickly I don't believe it said

为他做了这件事加里闭上眼睛，凯尔很快就把它剃掉了我不相信这是

Kyle what said Gary who was so anxious that  he didn't want to open his eyes did you have  

凯尔说的加里说了什么，他太着急了，以至于他没有想睁开他的眼睛，你把

it removed all already it's gone Gary opened his  eyes and it was true on his bald head there was no

它去掉了吗？一切都已经消失了加里睁开眼睛，他的秃头上确实没有

tattoo the ex was gone somehow it had removed  itself Gary laughed my body knows what it  

纹身，前任已经消失了，不知怎么的，它已经自行去除了加里笑了，我的身体知道它想要什么，

wants he said and it didn't want that now  do you understand what this story means

他说，它不想现在你明白这个故事意味着什么吗

that no one can force me to do anything  I decide what to do with my life exactly  

？没有人可以强迫我做任何事情，我决定如何度过我的生活

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