儿时，小男孩家很穷，吃饭时，饭常常不够吃，母亲就把自己碗里的饭分给孩子吃。母亲说，孩子们，快吃吧，我不饿！——母亲撒的第一个谎。
When he was a child, the little boy's family was very poor. When he ate, he often didn't have enough to eat. So his mother divided the rice in his bowl among the children. Mother said, children, eat quickly, I'm not hungry! ——Mother's first lie.
男孩长身体的时候，勤劳的母亲常用周日休息时间去县郊农村河沟里捞些鱼来给孩子们补钙。鱼很好吃，鱼汤也很鲜。孩子们吃鱼的时候，母亲就在一旁啃鱼骨头，用舌头舔鱼骨头上的肉渍。男孩心疼，就把自己碗里的鱼夹到母亲碗里，请母亲吃鱼。母亲不吃，母亲又用筷子把鱼夹回男孩的碗里。母亲说，孩子，快吃吧，我不爱吃鱼！——母亲撒的第二个谎。
When the boy is growing up, the hardworking mother often goes to the country ditch on Sunday to catch some fish to supplement the children with calcium. The fish is delicious and the fish soup is fresh. When the children eat fish, the mother nibbles at the fish bone and licks the meat stains on the fish bone with her tongue. The boy was distressed, so he put the fish in his bowl into his mother's bowl and asked his mother to eat the fish. Mother didn't eat, and then she used chopsticks to clip the fish back into the boy's bowl. The mother said, son, eat fast, I don't like fish! ——Mother's second lie.
上初中了，为了缴够男孩和哥姐的学费，当缝纫工的母亲就去居委会领些火柴盒拿回家来，晚上糊了挣点分分钱补点家用。有个冬天，男孩半夜醒来，看到母亲还躬着身子在油灯下糊火柴盒。男孩说，母亲，睡了吧，明早您还要上班呢。母亲笑笑，说，孩子，快睡吧，我不困！——母亲撒的第三个谎。
In junior high school, in order to pay the tuition fees for boys and elder brothers and sisters, the mother of a sewing worker went to the neighborhood committee to pick up some matchboxes and take them home. At night, she made some money to make up for her family. One winter, the boy woke up in the middle of the night and saw his mother bowing under the oil lamp to paste matchboxes. The boy said, mother, go to bed. You have to go to work tomorrow morning. The mother smiled and said, son, go to sleep, I'm not sleepy! ——Mother's third lie.
高考那年，母亲请了假天天站在考点门口为参加高考的男孩助阵。时逢盛夏，烈日当头，固执的母亲在烈日下一站就是几个小时。考试结束的铃声响了，母亲迎上去递过一杯用罐头瓶泡好的浓茶叮嘱孩子喝了，茶亦浓，情更浓。望着母亲干裂的嘴唇和满头的汗珠，男孩将手中的罐头瓶反递过去请母亲喝。母亲说，孩子，快喝吧，我不渴！——母亲撒的第四个谎。
In the year of the college entrance examination, my mother asked for leave to stand at the entrance of the examination site every day to help the boys who took part in the college entrance examination. When summer comes, the sun is at the head. The stubborn mother stands for hours in the sun. At the end of the exam, the bell rang. The mother handed over a cup of strong tea made from a can and told the child to drink it. The tea was also strong and the feeling was stronger. Looking at his mother's dry lips and sweat, the boy handed the bottle back to his mother to drink. The mother said, child, drink quickly, I am not thirsty! ——Mother's fourth lie.