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There was an old
pear tree in a man's garden. In the past, the tree fruited every year, so the
man would get many pears. But now, the tree got old. There were no more pears
for the man. So the man decided to cut the tree down.
When he walked
toward the tree with an axe in his hand, the tree said to him, "Please
don't cut me down. I have born so many pears for you in the past years."
"I'm sorry,
but I have to do so," the man said, "because I need wood to make a
chair." Then he began to wave (挥动) his axe. At that moment, a bird in
the old tree shouted at him, "Don't cut it down! Every time you go out and
your wife feels lonely, she will come out to the garden and sit under the tree
to enjoy its cool shade (树萌), and I sing songs to make her happy. We give much pleasure
to your wife."
The man didn't
listen to the bird and drove it away. Just as he was about to cut the tree,
some bees flew out of it and said, "Listen! If you agree not to kill this
tree, we will give you delicious honey every day. Would you please leave the
tree with us?"
The man got moved.
He said, "You are so kind to the tree, although it has become old. Now I
see that I shouldn't cut it down. It has done so much for me and my wife. Let
the tree stay here, and let the bird continue to sing songs here." With
these words, the man left.