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　　Pairs has the Eiffel Tower; New York has the Statue of Liberty; and Brussels, the Manneken Pis．

　　Think of the Belgian capital and, if anything, you think of the small peeing(撒尿)boy-a 60-meter-high bronze figure standing on a block, supplying a constant stream of water of the basin under him．

　　Some might laugh．But for Jacque Stroobants, the statue is up there with the best of them．

　　“I'm proud of him．People come from all around the world to see him, ” says 60-year-old Stroobants with a fatherly glance at the little boy．

　　As the most famous landmark of Brussels, Manneken Pis has a very special place in the heart of Belgians．

　　The original Manneken Pis dates back to 1388, but the statue tourists see today dates from 1619 when the city built a second one after the original was destroyed．

　　Many stories go round Manneken Pis．Nobody knows why he was made．One story is that he saved Brussels by putting out the flames of a deadly fire with his well-aimed pis．But the most believable story is that the boy, the son of a wealthy man, was kidnapped(绑架)．The father had a statue built in honor of the way his son was found-peeing against a tree．

　　Perhaps best-known for his naked beauty, the “peeing boy” has also been clothed in some of the finest clothes money can buy．

　　Stroobants has been changing his clothes for the last 29 years．On average, he has clothes on 300 days a year．And on special days, he pees beer．

　　A few of the ways he's been dressed are：a football player, Mozart and an army general．Now, he has more than 600 pieces of clothes．

　　There is no strict charge for those wishing to provide clothes for the little boy．But certain condition must be met．“The clothes cannot include either advertising or political message．” said Stroobants, because they would cheapen the national treasure．

　　But Manneken Pis is still something local people can make money from－by selling all kinds of souvenirs．

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　　Remember when a trip to the supermarket was nothing more than a boring thing requiring little or no specialized knowledge? You could send your kids into a cart while you did shopping．You always bought the same brands, usually the brands your mother bought．You didn't know about unit pricing, and furthermore, you didn't care．It never occurred to you to read the labels on anything．After all, you' d bought these things a hundred times．

　　But now, I really look on those days with a feeling of yearn(怀旧)．How innocent we were! How carefree were those trips to the supermarket．No worries．Today a trip to the supermarket is filled with social influence．Every time I buy pork chops I think about the years I' m shaving from my life．I keep a careful eye on the freshness date and examine the tamper-proof packaging．I am victim of that most dangerous social disease：shoppers' panic．

　　I didn't realize how serious my condition had become until the last time I needed laundry soap．It seemed simple enough．Just run into the market, grab a box of the old reliable and pay for it．I hadn't planned on discovering Ecover, a new brand of laundry soap．It sat quietly on the shelf right next to my old reliable．“Healthy, gentle but effective．”My respect for it deepened with each new claim as I read the entire package．Then I looked at the price：＄5.69 for2 pound．＄5.69!I cast a quick glance at the old reliable, still on sale for ＄1.39

　　Six bucks for laundry soap! These people must be crazy! Who's going to pay six bucks for laundry soap? It's not as though I can't afford it．See, it's concentrated-use less, get more．BUT SIX BUCKS! And the box is made from recycled materials…This act went on for a solid half hour, after which I left the shelf without any soap at all．

　　Surely the meat department is a most threatening place．Remember what protein was good for you? That's all over．Every bite you take kills you．I won' t even mention meat' s moral influence．

　　When all is said and done, we still must eat．I gather up my healthy-cooking oil and my recycled paper towels and head to the checkout counter．

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　　Parents should stop blaming themselves because there’s not a lot they can do about it．I mean the teenager problem．Whatever you do or however you choose to deal with it, at certain times a wonderful, reasonable and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal．

　　I’ve seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways．One strict mother insisted that her son, right from a child, should stand up whenever anyone entered the room, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman．I saw him last week when I called round．Sprawling himself(懒散地躺)on the sofa in full length, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in, and his greeting was no more than a quick glance at me．His mother was ashamed．“I don’t know what to do with him these days,” she said．“He’s forgotten all the manners we taught him．”

　　He hasn’t forgotten them．He’s just decided that he’s not going to use them．She confessed(承认)that she would like to come up behind him and throw him down from the sofa onto the floor．

　　Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say,”I don’t like your dress; it’s ugly．” One of the daughters has recently been driven out of school．The other has left home．

　”Where did we go wrong?” her parents are now very sad．Probably nowhere much．At least, no more than the rest of that unfortunate race, parents．

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