Former US president George W. Bush says he made a swift transition from White House pampering¹ to picking up his pet's poop, according to a news report Wednesday.

本周三最新报道称，美国前总统乔治·W·布什表示自己很快适应了角色转变——从“养尊处优”的美国总统到捡拾自家宠物粪便的普通人。

The cover of Decision Points. Former US president George W. Bush says he made a swift transition from White House pampering to picking up his pet's poop.

Bush told a packed university lecture hall in his home state of Texas on Tuesday that, shortly after leaving Washington, he faced a decidedly（果断地） un-stately moment when his dog Barney relieved himself on a neighbor's lawn.

"Ten days out of the presidency², there I was with a plastic bag in my hand, picking up that which I had been dodging³（避开） for eight years," he was quoted as saying by the Tyler Morning Telegraph in remarks confirmed by his office.

The former president has mostly shied（回避，后退） from the limelight since leaving office -- except for a high-profile stint⁴（节约，定额） raising money to help Haiti recover from a devastating⁵ earthquake -- and kept a low political profile.

But Bush now plans a round of interviews to coincide with the November 9 release of his book about his time in office, "Decision Points."

"This will come as a shock to some people in our country who didn't think I could read a book, much less（更不用说） write one," joked the former president, who left office deeply unpopular amid the US economic crisis.

"It's not a judgmental book," he told some 2,000 people on the campus of the University of Texas at Tyler. "It's not a 'Bush is cool' (book)."

The former president spared a little bit of nostalgia⁶（乡愁，怀旧之情） for his eight years in office, telling the audience: "I miss being pampered⁷（饮食过多，纵容） ; I miss Air Force 1; I miss being commander in chief of an awesome⁸ (military)."

The former president's book is expected to have a first run of 1.5 million copies, along with an e-book version containing a video message from the former president and his home movies, Crown publishers said earlier this month.

The huge print run is equivalent to that for former Democratic president Bill Clinton's book, "My Life," which was a runaway⁹ hit.