Today is the weekend, and my mother took me to the campus of Nanjing University to look for signs of autumn.
As soon as we entered the door, we saw thick sycamore trees on both sides of the road. They were so thick that I couldn’t hug them by myself. The leaves on the sycamore tree are half yellow and half green. The yellow ones are about to fall off, but the green ones are growing pretty well. When the breeze blows, the leaves on the trees rustle, and occasionally a few dead leaves fall down. Those dead leaves wave their bodies as if to announce the arrival of autumn.
We continued walking into the campus and came to a pavilion. The pavilion is located in a ginkgo tree. The golden ginkgo leaves cover the ground, like a yellow carpet. Each ginkgo leaf looks like a small fan. They are thin to the touch and look yellow and white. I like these small fan-like leaves very much, so I picked up two and kept them as specimens.
After seeing the ginkgo trees, we walked along a path into a small garden. The flowers in the garden have almost faded, leaving only a few camellias in full bloom. There are red maple trees, golden ginkgo trees, evergreen pine trees in the garden, and some sycamore trees that have begun to lose their leaves. I picked up a leaf and planted it in the ground. I asked my mother: "Mom, can this leaf grow?" My mother said: "No, the life of this leaf has come to an end. It has no roots to absorb nutrients!" I thought about it and it was really like this. I found a small piece of grass and planted it in the ground. I asked my mother again: "Can this grass survive?" Mom said: "It should be possible!" I really hope this grass can survive, then this small garden will be more beautiful.
Ah! Nanjing University is so beautiful in autumn! I hope to see the green campus again next spring!