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I stood under the mistletoe (槲寄生). The green, leafy clusters (团，簇) spotted with waxy-white berries hung from the branches of every apple tree. That's the same stuff they sell in the stores for Christmas decorations, I said to myself. Why can't I sell mistletoe too? It would be a perfect way to earn money to buy a Christmas gift for my brother, Derek. I took a few steps back, ran, leaped, and reached as high as I could. But the lowest mistletoe cluster was too high. Frustrated, I had started for home, when something strange caught my eye. At the edge of the apple orchard (果园), one tree stood bare. All the mistletoe had fallen off the branches. Delighted, I carefully picked out the best clusters and put them in my lunch box. When it was full, I rushed across the cornfield to go home.
I entered the door, listening. Yes, a guitar was playing. I pounded on the door. The guitar stopped. A moment later the door was open. My brother stood there wearing his brown leather jacket. “Where are you going?” I asked. “None of your business,” he murmured, sailing past me. It wasn't easy sharing that small bedroom with my older brother.
With Derek out of the room, I emptied the contents of my lunch box onto my bed. As I looked for something to put the mistletoe in, I saw Derek's guitar on his bed, wrapped in an old towel. That guitar was the only beautiful thing Derek owned, and I knew what to buy with the mistletoe money: a case for that guitar. Even if Derek was bad-tempered sometimes, he is still my brother, and I loved him.
Obviously I needed more mistletoe. The next day, I cut through the apple orchard again. A surprise awaited me---two more trees were bare and more mistletoe! I came across the orchards owner who said he paid a guy to cut all that mistletoe out of his apple trees. He was happy I collected the mistletoe. As I raced for home, I saw Derek, in his leather jacket, was crossing the cornfield. But he ignored me.