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1、ATreeGrowsinBrooklynBettySmithATreeGrowsInBrooklynThere'satreethatgrowsinBrooklyn.SomepeoplecallittheTreeofHeaven.Nomatterwhereitsseedfalls,itmakesatreewhichstrugglestoreachthesky.Itgrowsinboarded-uplotsandoutofneglectedrubbishheaps.Itgrowsupoutofcellargratin
2、gs.Itistheonlytreethatgrowsoutofcement.Itgrowslushly...surviveswithoutsun,water,andseeminglywithoutearth.Itwouldbeconsideredbeautifulexceptthattherearetoomanyofit.ATreeGrowsInBrooklynPERENNIALLIBRARYHarper&Row,Publishers,NewYorkATREEGROWSINBROOKLYNCopyright19
3、43,1947byBettySmith.BOOKONEISERENEwasawordyoucouldputtoBrooklyn,NewYork.Especiallyinthesummerof1912.Somber,asaword,wasbetter.ButitdidnotapplytoWilliamsburg,Brooklyn.PrairiewaslovelyandShenandoahhadabeautifulsound,butyoucouldn'tfitthosewordsintoBrooklyn.Serene
4、wastheonlywordforit;especiallyonaSaturdayafternooninsummer.LateintheafternoonthesunslanteddownintothemossyyardbelongingtoFrancieNolan'shouse,andwarmedthewornwoodenfence.Lookingattheshaftedsun,Franciehadthatsamefinefeelingthatcamewhensherecalledthepoemtheyreci
5、tedinschool.Thisistheforestprimeval.Themurmuringpinesandthehemlocks,Beardedwithmoss,andingarmentsgreen,indistinctinthetwilight,StandlikeDruidsofeld.TheonetreeinFrancie'syardwasneitherapinenorahemlock.Ithadpointedleaveswhichgrewalonggreenswitcheswhichradiatedf
6、romtheboughandmadeatreewhichlookedlikealotofopenedgreenumbrellas.SomepeoplecalledittheTreeofHeaven.Nomatterwhereitsseedfell,itmadeatreewhichstruggledtoreachthesky.Itgrewinboarded-uplotsandoutofneglectedrubbishheapsanditwastheonlytreethatgrewoutofcement.Itgrew
7、lushly,butonlyinthetenementsdistricts.YoutookawalkonaSundayafternoonandcametoaniceneighborhood,veryrefined.Yousawasmalloneofthesetreesthroughtheirongateleadingtosomeone'syardandyouknewthatsoonthatsectionofBrooklynwouldgettobeatenementdistrict.Thetreeknew.Itca
8、metherefirst.Afterwards,poorforeignersseepedinandthequietoldbrownstonehouseswerehackedupintoflats,featherbedswerepushedoutonthewindowsillstoairandtheTreeofHeavenflourished.Thatwasthekindo
