there was an old pear tree in a man’s garden. in the past the tree fruited every year, so the man would get many pears. but now, the tree got old. there were no more pears for the man. so the ungrateful（忘恩负义的） man decided to cut the tree down. when he walked towards the tree with an axe in his hand, the tree said to him, “please don’t cut me down. i have born so many pears for you in the past years. now i will die soon. i only have a short time to live. please don’t kill a dying tree that has done so much for you.”

　　    “i’m sorry. i have to do so,” the man said, “because i need wood to make a chair.” then he began to wave his axe. at that moment, a bird in the old tree shouted at him, “don’t cut it down! every time you go out and your wife feels lonely, she will come out to the garden and sit under the tree to enjoy its cool shade, and i sing to make h

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