What does this chinese character mean in english?

What is most likely steinbeck's overall reason for writing travels with charley? to give readers facts about the western landscape to observe life in the largest cities in america to show life in different parts of america to support his argument that new york city is better than rural america

Read the excerpt from "mending wall." we keep the wall between us as we go. to each the boulders that have fallen to each. and some are loaves and some so nearly balls we have to use a spell to make them balance: "stay where you are until our backs are turned! " we wear our fingers rough with handling them. oh, just another kind of out-door game, one on a side. it comes to little more: there where it is we do not need the wall: he is all pine and i am apple orchard. what does the line “and some are loaves and some so nearly balls” refer to?

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