There was a dense1 forest. And all the trees were straight and tall. Their trunks were broad and shapely. But, there was one tree which had a crooked2 and shapeless trunk.

　　The crooked trunk tree was sad. He thought, "How ugly I am! All the others are straight and shapely. I alone have a crooked trunk."

　　One day a wood-cutter came to the forest. He looked around and said, "I will cut all the trees here, except that crooked tree. That one is of no use to me."

　　And so, he cut away all the other trees. Now, the crooked tree understands that being different has its advantages.

　　從前有一片茂密的森林。里面所有的樹都長得又直又高，他們的樹干都長得又寬闊又有型。但是，也有一棵樹，樹干彎彎曲曲，看上去不太好看。

　　這棵樹干彎曲的樹很難過。他想，“ 我長得真丑！其他的樹都又直又有型，只有我，長得曲里拐彎的。”

　　有一天，有一個(gè)伐木者來到這片森林。他環(huán)望四周，說道：“ 我要把這里的樹砍光，除了那顆彎曲的樹。那棵樹沒啥用處。”

　　于是，他把其他的樹都砍光了?，F(xiàn)在，這棵彎曲的樹明白了，和別人不同有時(shí)也有獨(dú)特的好處。