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0我们走向自然，自然也可以向我们走来，这场双向奔赴的时空动态，交织在一个人的青葱岁月，更映射出童真的快乐不应被世俗的变化侵袭至虚无，应当全然保留，尽情寻觅......
Today’s protagonist is Keith authored by E.M.Linden. His work, When the Forest Comes to You, showcases the contrast between childhood and adulthood for an individual who used to be a child cherishing the nature and its scrappy copse behind the playground, but after 30 years when he was an grown-up, his home had been treated as a great product of civilization and urbanization, diminishing space of trees in his childhood. He conditioned himself to rear his child and raise his family, in no small part because of his love for family. But somehow, Max’s room, the room of his son, was fulfilled with trees, showcasing traces of Keith’s childhood. Evenutally, he stepped onto the path to the trees he’d dreamt of for many years.
E.M. Linden is from Aotearoa New Zealand and likes coffee, books, owls, and the sea. Her work has appeared in Strange Horizons, The Deadlands, PodCastle, on the Locus Recommended Reading List, and many other places.
E.M.林丹来自新西兰，喜欢喝咖啡，读书，酷爱猫头鹰，欣赏大海。她的作品发表在等期刊上。
本期重点词汇
absolve
[V-T]If a report or investigation absolves someone of blame or responsibility, it formally states that he or she is not guilty or is not to blame. 免除(责任)
A police investigation yesterday absolved the police of all blame in the incident.
警方昨天的调查为其开脱了在这件事故中所有的责任。
doodle
[V-I]When someone doodles, they draw doodles. 信手涂鸦
He looked across at Jackson, doodling on his notebook.
他一边看着对面的杰克逊，一边在笔记本上信手涂鸦。
crumple
[V-T/V-I]If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds. 弄皱; 起皱
She crumpled the paper in her hand.
她把手中的纸揉成了一团。
strewn over
散落在……上：分散地覆盖在某物表面。
blank out
be unable to remember 暂时失去记忆：暂时无法回忆起某事。
cut out, as for political reasons （政治有关抹除）变得空白：变得没有内容或信息。
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