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Far away towards the east, in India, which seemed in those days the world's end, stood the Tree of the Sun; a noble tree, such as we have never seen, and perhaps never may see.
The summit of this tree spread itself for miles like an entire forest, each of its smaller branches forming a complete tree. Palms, beech-trees, pines, plane-trees, and various other kinds, which are found in all parts of the world, were here like small branches, shooting forth1 from the great tree; while the larger boughs2, with their knots and curves, formed valleys and hills, clothed with velvety3 green and covered with flowers. Everywhere it was like a blooming meadow or a lovely garden. Here were birds from all quarters of the world assembled together; birds from the primeval forests of America, from the rose gardens of Damascus, and from the deserts of Africa, in which the elephant and the lion may boast of being the only rulers. Birds from the Polar regions came flying here, and of course the stork4 and the swallow were not absent. But the birds were not the only living creatures. There were stags, squirrels, antelopes5, and hundreds of other beautiful and light-footed animals here found a home.
The summit of the tree was a wide-spreading garden, and in the midst of it, where the green boughs formed a kind of hill, stood a castle of crystal, with a view from it towards every quarter of heaven. Each tower was erected7 in the form of a lily, and within the stern was a winding8 staircase, through which one could ascend9 to the top and step out upon the leaves as upon balconies. The calyx of the flower itself formed a most beautiful, glittering, circular hall, above which no other roof arose than the blue firmament10
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stork
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antelopes
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| 羚羊( antelope的名词复数 ); 羚羊皮革 | |
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antelope
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firmament
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distinguished
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turret
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tumult
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tavern
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fumes
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scent
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| n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉 | |
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parental
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ostrich
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fragrance
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incense
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hovered
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