When I was a boy, I spent much time playing alone. I didn't1playing alone, though. I lived outside town, next to a forest where oaks (橡树) were my2. I would sit in their shade and enjoy their peace.
Therefore it was so3for me when I was in4in a wood processing factory. It wasn't just the back-breaking work, long5, and low pay. It was also seeing trees being cut. The red oak tree were6affected because they made the prettiest hardwood flooring.
One afternoon after a long day's work, I decide to take a walk in the7. As I wandered, I was filled with 8for childhood days. Feeling so down, I dropped my head and that was when I9it: a red oak acorn (橡子) that had somehow10hungry animals all winter long. Something I'd read once11me at that moment "An acorn will12a forest eventually if it wants!" I smiled, and carefully13that little acorn.
Then I headed home, no longer14, for I also realized in our life we all15as an acorn, but whether our future is a forest or not is up to us.
