But the boy stayed away for a long time.... and the tree was sad.
很久很久，孩子没有再来看望大树，大树很难过。
And then one day the boy came back and the tree shook with joy and said,
"Come, Boy, climb up my trunk and swing from my branches and be happy."
后来有一天，孩子又来了。
大树高兴地摇晃着肢体，对孩子说:“来吧，孩子，爬到我的树干上，在树枝上荡秋千，你会很快活的!”
"I am too busy to climb trees," said the boy.
"I want a house to keep me warm," he said.
"I want a wife and I want children and so I need a house.
Can you give me a house ?"
“我有很多事要做，没有时间爬树了。“孩子说，
“我需要一幢房子保暖。”
他接着说，“我要娶个妻子，还要生好多孩子，
所以我需要一幢房子。
你能给我一幢房子吗?”
"I have no house," said the tree.
"The forest is my house,but you may cut off my branches and build a house.
Then you will be happy."
“我没有房子，”大树说，“森林就是我的房子。
但是你可以把我的树枝砍下来，拿去盖房。
你就会快活了。”
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