ned,andthebrahetreessurroundingthehouserattledaagainstthewindows,asthewindsriotedupanddownthetry.

    Ohirddayafterthebeginningofthestormthesnowceased.Thesunbrokethroughthecloudsandshoneuponavast,undulatingwhiteplain.Highmounds,pyramidsheapedinfantasticshapes,andimperabledriftslayscatteredineverydire.

    Narrowpathswereshoveledthroughthedrifts.Iputonmycloakandhoodaout.Theairstungmycheekslikefire.Halfwalkingihs,halfwourwaythroughthelesserdrifts,wesucceededinreagapinegrovejustoutsideabroadpasture.Thetreesstoodmotionlessandwhitelikefiguresinamarblefrieze.Therewasnoodourofpine-needles.Theraysofthesunfelluporees,sothatthetwigssparkledlikediamondsanddroppedinshoetouchedthem.Sodazzlingwasthelight,itpeedeventhedarkhatveilsmyeyes.

    Asthedaysworeon,thedriftsgraduallyshrunk,butbeforetheywerewhollygoherstormcame,sothatIscarcelyfelttheearthundermyfeetonceallwiintervalsthetreeslosttheiricyc,andthebulrushesandunderbrushwerebare;butthelakelayfrozenandhardbehesun.

    Ourfavouriteamusementduringthatwinterwastobogganing.Inplacestheshoreofthelakerisesabruptlyfromthewatersedge.Doweepslopesweusedtocoast.Wewouldgetonourtoboggan,aboywouldgiveusashove,andoffwewent!Plungingthroughdrifts,leapinghollows,swoopingdownuponthelake,wewouldshootacrossitsgleamingsurfacetotheoppositebank.Whatjoy!Whatexhilaratingmadness!Foronewild,gladmomentedthethatbindsustoearth,andjoininghandswiththewiourselvesdivine!松语文学Www.16sy.coM免费小说阅读