
Watch and notice how in winter, all the trees appear to have withered and dropped all their leaves, except for fourteen trees. These special trees don't lose their leaves but keep the old ones for two or three years until the new ones grow.
Observe and see how (in the winter) all the trees [[[[seem as though they had withered and shed all their leaves, except fourteen trees, which do not lose their foliage but retain the old foliage from two to three years till the new comes.