" Decidedly I am an old stalk, " he thought, " the young growths are pushing me aside" .

“我肯定是一根老茎， ” 他想，“年轻的生长物正在把我推到一边” 。

I saw several large patches and strips of dead bleached spars, the ground beneath them covered with a young even growth.

我看到几块大片大片的枯死的漂白晶石，它们下面的地面覆盖着均匀的新生植物。