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从前一个小村子里住了一位老妇人。村子里的每个人都很喜欢她，原因有三:第一个原因是她很和善。第二个原因是她养了一只宠物鸟，这只鸟会向每个人说"你好”。第三个原因是她有一座全村最明亮的房子，因为她的房子外有一棵会发光的苹果树，常年开满了白色的苹果花，结满了金黄色的苹果。苹果树还发出奇异的光和热，村民都叫它太阳树。 不久国王听说了太阳树，想把太阳树种在自己的宫殿里，于是国王前去移树。老妇人当然不想让他把树移走，虽然这是在他的王土内。她就给了国王一颗种子回去种。国王让最好的园丁种上了，但是种子却不发芽。 国王又去了老妇人家，要把树移走。可怜的老妇人非常伤心，请求国王给她留下一颗种子,国王答应了。不久种在宫殿里的苹果树死了，但是老妇人家里新种的太阳树却长大了。国王听说后非常吃惊。 他想：“太阳树只有在那块土地上才能栽种啊。”于是他告诉老妇人：“我要住在你那里，你必须搬走。”老妇人非常伤心，她问国王能否给她一颗种子，国王说不行。 那一天老妇人搬走了。在搬往新家的路上，宠物鸟飞出了笼子。它飞到国王身边对他说："你不能住这里，太阳树是不会和你在一起的。” 但是国王并不听鸟儿的。 新房竣工后，国王决定开一个晚会。所有的客人都进了新房子，这时一个女孩叫了起来："多奇怪的树啊，它会走!’’ 太阳树走啊走啊，一直走到老妇人的新家。这一次国王还是没有得到太阳树。他懂得了，即使这是他的国家,也并非所有的东西都是他的。 The sun Tree Once upon a time, there lived an old woman in a village. Everyone in the village liked her because of three reasons. The first reason was that she was very nice. The second reason was that she had a pet bird who said “Good day” to everyone. The third reason was that she had the brightest house in the village. The light came from an apple tree. All year long the tree was covered with white flowers and golden apples. It gave out wonderful warmth and light. The people in the village called it the Sun Tree. Soon the king of the land heard about it. He wanted the tree in his castle. So the king went to take the tree. When he got there the old woman of course did not want him to take away her tree even if it was on his land，so she gave the king a seed to plant. The king told the best gardener to plant it, but it didn’t grow. The king went again to the woman's house to take the tree away. The poor woman was very sad and asked the king if she could keep one of the seeds, the king said yes. Soon the tree in the castle died, but a new Sun Tree grew in its place at the woman's house. When the king heard about the new Sun Tree he was very surprised. He thought, “The Sun Tree needs this land to grow. ’，So he told the woman, “I am going to live here. You must move out. ’，The old woman was very sad. She asked the king if she could have a seed, the king said no. On that day the old woman moved out. On the way to her new house the bird flew out of his cage. It flew to the king and said to him, “You must not live here, the Sun Tree won’t be with you around.，’ But the king didn't listen to the bird. When the king’s new house was done, the king decided to have a party. When everyone got to the house, a girl shouted, “What a strange tree, it can walk!” The Sun Tree kept on walking until it got to the woman's new house. This time the king didn’t get the tree. He knew that not everything on his land was his. |
