Many "mountain rats" would start cutting after only a cursory glance at the tree, and by the time they discovered to their disappointment that the wood did not have the adzuki bean color of the Taiwan yew, it would be too late for the cowtail pine, which would already be lying dead on the ground.
許多山老鼠見樹就砍，待發現樹心並非紅豆色澤，大失所望，樹倒猢猻散，留下匍匐倒地、已難起死回生的台灣粗榧。