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There was a man who had four sons. 有一个男人，他有四个儿子 He wanted his sons to learn 他想要教自己的儿子一件事 to not judge things too quickly. 即，对事物不要太快下结论 So he sent them each on a quest, 于是，他给每个儿子都分配了一项任务 in turn, 让他们轮流 to go and look at a pear tree 去照看一棵梨树 that was a great distance away. 这棵树长在很远的地方 The first son went in the winter, 第一个儿子是冬天去的 the second in the spring, 第二个儿子春天 the third in summer, 三儿子夏天 and the youngest son in the fall. 最小的儿子是秋天去的 When they had all gone and come back, 当他们四人都去过并完成任务后 he called them together 他将他们叫到一起 to describe what they had seen. 请他们描述一下自己见到的东西 The first son said 第一个儿子说 that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. 那棵树十分丑陋，佝偻，扭曲 The second son said 第二个儿子说 no – it was covered with green buds | 
