World Children's Story Classics: Family Stories

Chapter 42 The Old Oak Tree's Dream

On the shore grew an old oak tree, which the sailors used as a sign of the arrival of the steamer.One night, Old Live Oak dreamed that his body lifted off the ground and floated into the air, but it was not painful at all.At this time, a sailboat sailed on the sea, and the sailors on board were very excited because they were going back to their hometown.Suddenly, there was a violent storm at sea, the sailors lost their landing direction, and the old oak tree could not be found anywhere.When the old oak woke up and saw the sailing ship in the storm, he was so anxious that he jumped up desperately so that the sailors could see it.Finally, it exhausted its life's greatest strength to leave the land where it lived for hundreds of years, soared into the air, and floated in the air.The sailors saw the old live oak again, and landed successfully.The old oak fell down.

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