# dangerous reefs Reefs are large rocks that are very close to the surface of water in the sea. Ships can easily be destroyed if they hit these rocks. # autumn trees, without fruit—twice dead, uprooted "These people are like dead people." # autumn trees, without fruit Trees in autumn look dead because their leaves have all fallen off. # twice dead, uprooted After these "autumn trees" have lost their leaves and fruit, they die their first death. Then people uproot them, and they die their second death. # uprooted completely pulled out of the ground