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Chapter Four. Lost in the Snow.
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When Roy and Nelly set out for a ramble1, they had at first no intention of going beyond their usual haunts in the woods around the Fort; but Roy had been inspirited by his successful march that day with his father and Walter, and felt inclined to show Nelly some new scenes to which they had not, up to that time, dared to penetrate2 together.
The snow-storm, already referred to, had commenced gradually. When the children set forth3 on their ramble only a few flakes4 were falling, but they had not been away half an hour when snow fell so thickly that they could not see distinctly more than a few yards ahead of them. There was no wind, however, so they continued to advance, rather pleased than otherwise with the state of things.
“Oh, I do like to see falling snow,” cried Nelly, with a burst of animation5.
“So do I,” said Roy, looking back at his sister with a bright smile, “and I like it best when it comes down thick and heavy, in big flakes, on a very calm day, don’t you?”
“Yes, oh it’s so nice,” responded Nelly sympathetically.
They paused for minutes to shake some of the snow from their garments, and beat their hands together, for their fingers were cold, and to laugh boisterously6, for their hearts were merry. Then they resumed their march, Roy beating the track manfully and Nelly following in his footsteps.
In passing beneath a tall fir-tree Roy chanced to touch a twig7. The result was literally8 overwhelming, for in a moment he was almost buried in snow, to the unutterable delight of his sister, who stood screaming with laughter as the unfortunate boy struggled to disentomb himself.
In those northern wilds, where snow falls frequently and in great abundance, masses are constantly accumulating on the branches of trees, particularly on the pines, on the broad flat branches of which these masses
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v.漫步,漫谈,漫游;n.漫步,闲谈,蔓延 | |
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scramble
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retrace
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v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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