I put my leather saddle shoes up high every night and shook them out every morning, looking for scorpions and centipedes as well as lice and fleas.

• 每天晚上，我把我的凉皮鞋“束之高阁”，每天早晨把它们抖了又抖，看看里面有没有蝎子和蜈蚣，有没有虱子和跳蚤。