The human brain evolved to attribute a living cause to every phenomenon - if the rustling of a bush in the forest wasn't a predator, then it was probably an evil spirit.

如果森林中灌木的瑟瑟声，不是因为捕食者，那么可能就是一个邪恶的幽灵在作祟。

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From the Great Tree comes the Great Spirit, an omniscient god which watches over the forest.

“大树”生“大灵”，它是守护森林的博学之神。

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The spirit of Shanghai is not in the forest of skyscrapers, it is in the twists and turns of alleies.

上海的灵魂不在那林立的摩天大楼里，而在这些蜿蜒曲折的弄堂里。

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It is the effigy of a forest spirit, as its deeply contoured features encased in rootlike tendrils and sprouting stems readily suggest.

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In this case it was the family-friendly classic My Neighbor Totoro, in which sisters wandering in the forest meet King Totoro, a spirit whose powers include making the trees grow and the wind blow.

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