《太平广记·卷四百二十六·虎一》
已经伐倒了二十多棵，有一位戴着帽子拄着拐杖的老人来到这里，对巴人说： 这是神树，为什么要伐呢？ 
已倒二十余株，有老人戴帽拄杖至其所，谓巴曰： 此神树，何故伐之？ 
More than twenty had been felled when an old man wearing a hat and leaning on a staff approached and said to the Ba people: “These are divine trees. Why are you cutting them down?”
<s>[INST] 请将下面的文言文翻译成英语: 已倒二十余株，有老人戴帽拄杖至其所，谓巴曰： 此神树，何故伐之？  [/INST] More than twenty had been felled when an old man wearing a hat and leaning on a staff approached and said to the Ba people: “These are divine trees. Why are you cutting them down?”</s>
请将下面的文言文翻译成英语: 已倒二十余株，有老人戴帽拄杖至其所，谓巴曰： 此神树，何故伐之？
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More than twenty had been felled when an old man wearing a hat and leaning on a staff approached and said to the Ba people: “These are divine trees. Why are you cutting them down?”
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