The ape seemed to understand, because as soon as General Yang rode toward the tree, the ape began to cry.

猿猴好像明白，因为当杨将军骑向树时，它哭了起来。

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Thee ape seemed to understand, because as soon as General Yang rode toward the tree, the ape began to cry.

猿猴好像明白祸事来了，因为当杨将军骑马奔向树时，它哭了起来。

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As he crept toward the tree, whose branches were festooned with damp clothes and one rank, sodden blanket, he kept his eye on the shabby, bramble-thatched cabin that stood a few paces away.

他朝那棵树悄悄爬了过去，这棵树的枝条上，挂着几件潮湿的衣服，还有一个有臭味的、湿透的毛毯，他留神地注意着几步远的地方，那个破旧的、屋顶堆着荆棘的小屋。

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I walked outside to the edge of the garden, toward the tree.

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I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree, And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, But dipped its top and set me down again.

我真想去爬白桦树，沿着雪白的树干，爬上乌黑的树枝，爬向那天心，直到树身再支撑不住，树梢碰着地，把我放下来。

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Also prune branches growing toward the ground, high branches growing straight up and shoots growing from the base of the tree.

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It seems the right thing to do, that he might shoo the migrating flames back toward the tree stump like so many bright- winged sparrows.

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As we edged toward the Yellow Fever tree where he had draped himself across the branches, keeping a close eye on the antelope feeding nearby, he started to twitch.

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In the Entrance Hall on the State Floor, crystal snowflakes hang from the ceiling above visitors as they walk toward the Blue Room, home to the official White House Christmas Tree, also decorated in honor of military families.

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