东汉末年,南昌有个小孩叫徐童,十一岁,聪明伶俐,人们都很喜欢他。有一次,徐童到郭林宗老先生家玩耍。他刚进院内,见老先生正在叫人砍院中的大槐树。徐童说:“郭伯伯,您瞧这树长着圆形的枝干,挂满了墨绿色的叶子,像一顶巨大的华盖,夏天遮住骄阳,冬天挡住狂风,它显得多么生机勃勃,多么可爱,您却要砍掉它。这不是太可惜、太残忍了吗?”郭老先生说:“最近我 The Eastern Han Dynasty, Nanchang, a child called Xu Tong, eleven years old, smart and clever, people like him very much. Once, Xu Tong to Guo Linzong old gentleman home play. He just entered the hospital, see the old gentleman is being cut in the large locust trees. Xu Tong said: ”Guobo Bo, you see this tree has a round branch, covered with dark green leaves, like a huge canopy, cover the sun in the summer, blocking the wind in the winter, it seems how vibrant , How cute, but you have to cut it.It is not a pity, too cruel? “Mr. Guo said:” Recently I