Heavy wind and rain came—without the bigger trees there, the small tree was hit by the storm.
狂风暴雨袭来，没有了大树在那里，小树被风暴所袭。
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I, Pencil, seemingly simple though I am, offer the miracle of my creation as testimony that this is a practical faith, as practical as the sun, the rain, a cedar tree, the good earth.