A little pocket-knife sufficed him and, with his spectacles on his nose he would spend whole days in chipping bits of boxwood and ebony.

一把小折刀就足够了，他鼻子上架着一副眼镜，一整天都在砍黄杨木和乌木。

Even in the days before my teacher came, I used to feel along the square stiff boxwood hedges, and, guided by the sense of smell would find the first violets and lilies.

直到我老师出现之前，我一直习惯于沿着正方形黄杨木树篱摸索前行。我向导，通过它，我发现了生命中第一株紫罗兰花和百合花。