在四川境内生长着一种毛竹,它的生长过程很特殊。在种下去的前五年,毛竹丝毫不长,可是,等到第六年雨季来临的时候,它就开始疯长,每天以约六英尺的速度向上急窜。大约十五天以后,它停止了生长,此时,它已长到九十英尺高,成为竹林中最高的竹子。 A kind of bamboo grows in Sichuan, and its growth process is very special. In the first five years of planting, the bamboo was not long, but when the rainy season of the sixth year approached, it began to grow mad, rising at a speed of about six feet a day. About fifteen days later, it stopped growing. At that time, it had grown to a height of ninety feet and became the highest bamboo in the bamboo forest.