I remember my aunt Mary used to say if you swallow a cherry stone, a tree will grow out of your mouth.
我记得我的阿姨玛丽曾经说过,如果你吞了樱桃核,就会从嘴里长出来樱桃树。
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A hatred that scores the face of every swallow-burrowed scarp, nourishes the root of every fruit tree, and supercedes all other loyalties and enmities.
这种仇恨刻在每一个燕子筑巢的绝壁上,滋养着每一棵果树的根系,取代了其他一切的忠诚和敌意。
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I was sure he would swallow me next. And then I saw the tree. I raced to it and began to climb it clumsily.