DAY 253

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At noon I took a good book and sat by the pool in the wood.

BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS GREW AROUND 美丽的花儿遍地开放

There is a hole in the middle地面的中间有

of the ground.一个洞。

The prettiest hole that you这是你见到的最美丽

ever did see.的洞。

A hole in the ground.这个洞在地面。

And in this hole there was a root.洞里有一个树根。

The prettiest root that you这是你见到的最美

ever did see. 丽的树根。

The root in the hole and the树根在洞里，

hole in the ground.洞在地底下。

And on this root there was a tree.在树根上，有一棵树。

The prettiest tree that you这是你所见到的

ever did see.最美丽的树。

The tree on the root and树在树根上，

the root in the hole.树根在洞里。

And on this tree beautiful美丽的鲜花开满了

flowers grew around.整棵树。

文选可分为两部分：
第一部分的韵脚为/raund/，需重读结尾三个ground/graund/和around/ə'raund/。
第二部分的韵脚为/i:/，需重读三个see/si:/和结尾的一个tree/tri:/。