CHAPTER II

 My life when young was like a flower—a flower that loosens a petal¹ or two from her abundance and never feels the loss when the spring breeze comes to beg at her door.

 

Now at the end of youth my life is like a fruit, having nothing to spare, and waiting to offer herself completely with her full burden of sweetness.

1 petal   

n.花瓣

参考例句：

• Each white petal had a stripe of red.每一片白色的花瓣上都有一条红色的条纹。
• A petal fluttered to the ground.一片花瓣飘落到地上。