There used to be three Italian Cypress standing in the west corner of our backyard,next to the hedges.Such kind of trees originated from the Mediteranean coast of south Europe,totally different from other evergreens.The trunks of this tree pierce into the sky with a standard height of 60 or 70 inches.But their branches will never expand at will.The circumference of the trees takes two persons to hold it with both arms.Standing alone from bare ground,they resemble green monuments or towers,lofty and impressive.
I moved to the residential hall of Hidden Valley in the spring of 1973.The reason why the region is called Hidden Valley is because it is surrounded by mountains on three sides,densely forested,and hidden from human sight.Although it is located in the rural area,it is hard to discover due to the shield of hills.At first I tried to find the house according to the address posted on the newspaper.It took quite some trial and error on the road before I got through those twists and turns in the hills.Then I discovered a totally different world behind the hillside.Those indistinct places turned out to be the assembling residential houses.On the dawn of that day,when I drove onto the way along the mountain slope,facing green trees on the hills,I found it quite a quiet and beautiful place.The most surprising of all is that I have been living in the valley for as long as twenty years.
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