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Abstract

This thesis is a translation of the book Tree Girl by T.A. Barron. Tree Girl, Rowanna is a real tree girl as she is a tree spirit. But, she didn't know who she was, and consistently wondered about where she came from and what had happened to her mother who was said to leave Anna under the High Willow. Therefore, Anna started her way to find her own place where she came from with her friends, little sparrow Eagle and a sand-colored bear Sash. However, Master Mellwyn had warned so many times that she must not go into the forest and even look on the eyes of the trees since there were tree ghouls and deaths. But, she couldn't help going to the trees and meeting Sash and wholly new world in the deep forest. At last, she came to know she was a tree spirit and even a daughter of the High Willow! Also she came to understand why the High Willow had seemed to wave to her and why the forest was scary but sometimes felt warm. She will not feel lonely any longer because she can be with her mother who would wait for her wherever she goes. T.A. BARRON is the award-winning author of fantasy novels, most notably the Merlin saga. He serves on a variety of environmental and educational boards, including the Nature Conservancy and the Land and Water Fund of the Rockies, and is the founder of a national award for heroic children. Following a life-changing decision to leave a successful business career to write full-time in 1990, Barron has written seventeen books, but is happiest when on the mountain trails with his wife, Currie, and their five children.