When I was seven and eight years old, my father moved back from the mountains a small camphor tree and a small cypress tree to plant in the yard.The camphor tree is hard and straight, and the cypress looks straight, but it is as soft as bamboo.Two trees grow day by day, and two people are about that tall after 23 years.One winter, it snowed heavily and thickened.By the time it was dark, the cypress was gradually unable to support, and its crown continued to bend down.It looks like the snow could break at any time.But that camphor tree is different, no matter how thick the snow is, it still stands upright there, unshakable, with a little "snow pressing the pine, the pine is quite straight" momentum, compared with the cypress tree.The strong perseverance of camphor tree is really admirable!People also need to bend over.I couldn't help saying to dad:"The cypress is a tree without bone, and you see it is going to break soon, and the camphor tree is really strong.If you don't bend your waist, it won't break!"Dad smiled and said, "not necessarily!"That night, we were watching TV in bed when we heard the sound of a broken trunk outside. I thought it must be that the cypress tree could not withstand the weight of the snow and broke!In that moment, I added a lot of respect to the camphor tree in my heart.I said to dad,"Dad, that cypress tree must be broken!"Dad seemed to disagree with what I said, and he smiled at me and said, "tomorrow morning, you may see something completely different from what you imagined."Is it possible that camphor tree stands there so straight?The next day, when I got up and opened my door as usual, what I saw was a totally unexpected scene: the "straight and straight" camphor tree, like being struck by a knife at the base.The whole tree broke there.And that cypress tree, which I have always regarded as boneless, is still standing in its place, and is no longer bent like yesterday, and the snow that originally pressed on it has fallen to the ground!Why is that?Father said, if you want to know why, watch it!After listening to my father, I began to pay close attention to the cypress tree, and the heavy snow continued to press down on the lonely cypress tree.As the snow accumulates and the pressure gets heavier on the cypress, the crown of the cypress also bends down as an old man.Half a day later, the crown of the cypress tree almost touched the ground.Stand upright again!"Now you know why the cypress is not broken," he said."Is it because it bends?"I don't understand."Yes, it is because the cypress can bend over, or it will break," the father replied.I nodded vaguely.From that day on, my father's words stayed in my heart.As the experience increased day by day, I finally realized my father's words more and more clearly.
