I, Pencil, seemingly simple though I am, offer the miracle of my creation as testimony that this is a practical faith, as practical as the sun, the rain, a cedar tree, the good earth.

我，铅笔，将以我的亲身经历将以我创造过程中的奇迹证明这一信任是多么的实际，就像是太阳、雨水、香柏树和那美好的大地那样实际。

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To study tree rings, researchers generally take a pencil-sized core from a tree.

为了对年轮进行研究，研究人员通常会从树木取出一块铅笔大小的核心部分。

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