She looked at the oak: he would be a wizened, but hearty old man with a frizzled beard and warts on his face and hands, and hair growing out of the warts. She looked at the beech under which she was standing. Ah! she would be the best of all. She would be a gracious goddess, smooth and stately, the lady of the wood.
再看那棵老棟樹，它該是二位慈祥並充滿智慧的老人，須發蒼蒼，由於上了年紀，手上的青筋都鼓起來了。還有身邊這棵山毛櫸，美麗、端莊、高貴、安詳。啊，你這森林的女神!