"Mom, you must have been terribly bored staying at home when I was a child",I said.

    "Bored? Housework is boring.But you were never boring”.

    "I didn't believe her, so I said.”Surely children are not as stimulating as a career.”

    "A career is stimulating,” she said. “ I'm glad I had one. But a career is like an open balloon. It remains inflated only as long as you keep pumping. A child is a seed . You water it, 你尽力照看     他，他自己就可以长成一朵美丽的花。

    单词提示：

    stimulating adj. 刺激的，有刺激性的
    inflated adj. 膨胀的

    参考译文:
    You care for it the best you can . And then it grows all by itself into a beautiful flower.