Trufa didn't think a night could be so long as this one--so dark, so frosty. She spoke to Ole and hoped for an answer, but Ole was silent and gave no sign of his presence. Trufa said to the tree: “Since you've taken Ole from me, take me too.”

特鲁法认为夜晚不会像这个漆黑严寒的晚上这么长。她同奥利说话，希望得到回答，但奥利默默不语，没有任何存在的迹象。特鲁法对大树说：“既然你从我手中夺走了奥利，也让我走吧。”

But even this prayer the tree didn't acknowledge. After a while, Trufa dozed off. This wasn't sleep but a strange languor（倦怠）.Trufa awoke and to her amazement found that she was no longer hanging on the tree. The wind had blown her down while she was asleep. This was different from the way she used to feel when she awoke on the tree with the sunrise. All her fears and anxieties had now vanished. The awakening also brought with it an awareness she had never felt before.

大树对这些乞求的话没有作出反应。过了一会儿，特鲁法打起盹来。这不是睡眠而是一种奇怪的倦息。特鲁法醒来时吃惊地发现她已经不在树上。在她睡着的时候，风把她刮下来了。这与她往常在树上醒来，太阳已升起时的感觉不同，她所有的恐惧、焦虑已经荡然无存;同时也给她带来了一种从未有过的清醒。

She knew now that she wasn't just a leaf that depended on every whim（怪念头）of the wind, but that she was part of the universe. Through some mysterious force, Trufa understood the miracle of her molecules, atoms, protons and electrons--the enormous energy she represented and the divine²splan of which she was a part.

她现在明白了她不是一片任狂风随意摆布的叶子，而是宇宙的一部分。通过某种神秘的力量，她知道了自身中的分子、原子、质子和电子的奇迹——她所代表的巨大能量以及也包括她在内的神圣计划。

Next to her lay Ole, and they greeted each other with a love they hadn't been aware of before. This wasn't a love that depended on chance or caprice（反复无常，任性）, but a love as mighty and eternal as the universe itself. That which they had feared all the days and nights between April and November turned out to be not death but redemption（重获，再生）.A breeze came and lifted Ole and Trufa in the air and they soared（翱翔） with the bliss（巨大的幸福） known only by those who have freed themselves and have joined with eternity（永恒）.

她身边躺着奥利。他们用一种从未意识到的一种爱相互问候。这不是偶然的或反复无常的爱，而是像宇宙自身一样巨大而永恒的爱。他们从四月至十一月间日日夜夜的那种担心最终被证明不是死亡而是新生。一阵微风吹来，把奥利与特鲁法举到了空中。他们带着只有使自己获得自由、加入永恒的人才懂得的快乐翱翔着。