英语六级晨读美文100篇:Human Thought Grows Like a Tree（78）
<p> <span word="Human">Human</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="firework">firework</span>, <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="shooting">shooting</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="fresh">fresh</span> <span word="forms">forms</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="shapes">shapes</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="burns">burns</span>;</p><p> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tree">tree</span>, <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="slowlyyou">slowlyyou</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="watch">watch</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="movement">movement</span></p><p> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="silently">silently</span>, <span word="unnoticed">unnoticed</span>.</p><p> <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="planted">planted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tiny">tiny</span>, <span word="sickly">sickly</span> <span word="plant">plant</span>.</p><p> <span word="And">And</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="guarded">guarded</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tended">tended</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fame">fame</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="aid">aid</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="growth">growth</span>.</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hot">hot</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="youth">youth</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gate">gate</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="garden">garden</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="knocked">knocked</span>,</p><p> <span word="begging">begging</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="let">let</span> <span word="in">in</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="counted">counted</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gardeners">gardeners</span>.</p><p> <span word="And">And</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="companions">companions</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="back">back</span>,</p><p> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="bow">bow</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="spear">spear</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="win">win</span> <span word="sweet">sweet</span> <span word="smiles">smiles</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="rosy">rosy</span> <span word="lips">lips</span>,</p><p> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="amid">amid</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="feast">feast</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dance">dance</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="stoop">stoop</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="wrinkled">wrinkled</span> <span word="brows">brows</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="weaklings">weaklings</span> <span word="work">work</span>.</p><p> <span word="And">And</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="passers">passers</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="mocked">mocked</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="shame">shame</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="cried">cried</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stone">stone</span> <span word="them">them</span>.</p><p> <span word="And">And</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="stayed">stayed</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="laboring">laboring</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tree">tree</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="grow">grow</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="little">little</span>,</p><p> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="forgotten">forgotten</span>.</p><p> <span word="And">And</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tree">tree</span> <span word="grew">grew</span> <span word="fair">fair</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="strong">strong</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="storms">storms</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ignorance">ignorance</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="harmed">harmed</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="not">not</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="fierce">fierce</span> <span word="fires">fires</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="superstition">superstition</span> <span word="soared">soared</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="it">it</span>;</p><p> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="leaped">leaped</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="flames">flames</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="beat">beat</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="back">back</span>, <span word="perishing">perishing</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tree">tree</span> <span word="grew">grew</span>.</p>
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