有一次，我看到一棵小小的约书亚树苗条生长在离老树的不远的地方。我想将其挖掘并在我们家附近重新种植它。我告诉妈妈，我每天都会保护它免受风和浇水，以便它可以长得良好，高高又直。妈妈对我皱了皱眉。她说，您会破坏使它与众不同的原因。约书亚树的斗争使它变得美丽。
(One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it up and replant it near our house. I told Mom that I would protect it from the wind and water it every day so that it could grow nice and tall and straight. Mom frowned at me. You'd be destroying what makes it special, she said. It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.)