Our tree house perched on the highest maple in the forest, in the elbow of the tree, where the branches angled sharply upward like an arm reaching for the sky.

我们的小屋位于森林最高大的一棵槭树上，建在一个树杈，树枝自成角度，就像能够直入天空的臂膀。

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But boxing is where Cleverly's ambitions lie and he is, in his own words, "reaching for the sky".

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And those two things, the title Beautiful Losers from Cohen's book and "reaching for the sky just to surrender, " I can relate to that.

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He's reaching for the sky just to surrender.

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