I explained that they were bare masses of stone, with hardly enough earth in their clefts to nourish a stuntedtree.
我就解释说那些只是一大堆石头，石头缝里的土都不够养活一棵矮树的。
2
Yes, - you live, but you live a sickly fearful existence stunted like a tree permanently in the shadow of other peoples' opinions.
也许你是活着的，但你就像永远活在别人阴影下的大树，在病态的恐惧下成长。
3
But so has every acorn the essentials for making a great oak tree, yet the Japanese show us that even an oak may be stunted by continual pruning of its shoots.