One day he had gone into the forest to gather wood, where he was approached by an old man, whom he had never seen before, and who said, "Why do you torment yourself with choppingwood?"
有一天,他到森林里去砍柴,一个他从没见过的老头走近前来对他说:“你何苦这么辛苦地砍柴呀?”
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Here, several hundred villagers tend fields of towering green sugar cane and cassava plants, sinking wells for water and choppingwood for fuel.