我一直想当演员，但爸爸总是不同意。

I've always wanted to be an actor but Dad wouldn't hear of it.

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我立刻感到几分害怕，但爸爸只是笑着说：“我们迷路了！”

I immediately felt a bit scared, but Dad just laughed and said, "We're lost!"

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男人想把钱推回来，但爸爸硬要他收下。

The man tried to give it back, but my father insisted.

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The other character that's mentioned in the poem is the boy's father, whose trees they are, the property owner, who also is absent.

这首诗里提到的其他人是他的爸爸，这些树就是他爸爸的，这些财产的拥有者，但也没有出现。

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