was very far away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in the summer, and the last in the autumn.РWhen they had all gone e back, he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first son said that the tree was ugly. The second son said, no, it was full of green buds(芽). The third son disagreed. He said it had many beautiful blossoms(花) and smelled so sweet. The last son disagreed with all of them. He said it was full of fruit.РThe man then explained that they were all right, because they had each seen only one season in the tree's life. He told them that they could not judge a tree, or a person, by only one season. People can only measure(衡量) who they are-and the pleasure, joy, and love e from that life-at the end, when all the seasons are up.