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My husband and I bought a house when we were in our fifties. One of the reasons we bought it was that it was so attractive. It had a big Japanese red pine, which looked beautiful in our front yard. For 20 years, it was a beauty to all who passed by. Raccoons（浣熊）climbed its trunk and squirrels played in its branches. It shaded the bright sun over my small garden of roses and bushes that I'd planted for bees.
Early last year, a heavy snowfall hit our city. While we were enjoying a quiet Saturday morning, the house shook and we heard a loud crash. The tree had fallen, taking out most of the bushes in our yard. So we called forestry workers, who cut off its trunk and branches and took the wood away. After a week, the yard was still a mess, with wood shavings and holes everywhere.
In March, I bought a few new bush and rose seedlings to replace those that I thought hadn't lived. But in May, plenty of new flowers were growing in the yard！As the sun shone down, the flowers were able to grow and attract bees. My old bushes grew back and were healthier than ever before！Our yard turned into a beautiful garden. And this summer, one year later, all of the plants are three times bigger than they were before.
Life might be hard for you at the moment, but you never know what the future holds. It might just be much brighter.
