这样的事情发生了一次又一次，但我们很快就学会了识别不同的草，如苍耳、藜、狐尾草，以及杂草之王——漂亮的紫色蓟草。

This happened over and over, but we soon learned to identify different grasses like cockleburs, lamb's-quarters, foxtails, and the king of weeds, the pretty purple thistle.

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我的孩子，只要你好好照顾玫瑰，那里就不会长出蓟草。

Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.

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雨落在谷仓院子里，又弯弯曲曲的流时了那些长著蓟草和黎草的小路上；

Rain fell in the barnyard and ran in crooked courses down into the lane where thistles and pigweed grew.

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