Firemen had been fighting the forest for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control. A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around. Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills. Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounding villages with destruction, for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well. When the fire had at last been put out, the forest authorities ordered several tons of a special type of grass-seed which would grow quickly. The seed was sprayed over the ground in huge quantities by aeroplanes. The planes had been planting seed for nearly a month when it began to rain. By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root. In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.
消防隊員與森林大火搏斗了近三個星期才把火勢控制。不久之前，高大的樹木覆蓋著方圓數(shù)英里的土地�，F(xiàn)在，仍然升騰著煙霧，彌漫在荒涼的山丘上溫暖地面。冬季即將來臨，山丘對周圍的村莊具有毀滅性的威脅，因為大雨不僅會沖走土壤，而且還會引起嚴(yán)重的水災(zāi)，以及。在大火最后被撲滅后，森林管理當(dāng)局訂購了好幾噸特殊類型的草籽生長迅速。這種草籽大量地飛機。飛機撒播近一個月，當(dāng)它開始下雨。當(dāng)時，然而，很多地方的草已經(jīng)生了根。在地方的大樹已經(jīng)生長了許多世紀(jì)的補丁綠色開始出現(xiàn)在這片燒焦的土地。

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