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"Tree Number" is a record of Astafiev's creative trajectory. While exploring the wild forest of literature, he cut down his own "tree number". These marks in turn guided him to move deeper into the original forest of creation and explore unfamiliar areas. Astafiev inherited the tradition of Russian folk poetry and described nature through anthropomorphic views. In this work of difficult to define style, the common theme is the exploration of the meaning of life and the contemplation of human destiny. All this makes Astafiev occupy a certain position not only in the Russian literary world, but also in the world literary world. This book is selected from "Tree Numbers", "Russian Pastoral Ode" and some works published in Russian newspapers and periodicals. Published with exclusive authorization from the author's descendants, and the entire translation has been revised and reviewed by the translator.