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1、StoryofMyLifeChapterXIIAftermyfirstvisittoBoston,IspentalmosteverywinterintheNorth.OnceIwentonavisittoaNewEnglandvillagewithitsfrozenlakesandvastsnowfields.ItwasthenthatIhadopportunitiessuchashadneverbeenminetoenterintothetreasuresofthesnow.Irecallmysurpriseondis
2、coveringthatamysterioushandhadstrippedthetreesandbushes,leavingonlyhereandthereawrinkledleaf.Thebirdshadflown,andtheiremptynestsinthebaretreeswerefilledwithsnow.Winterwasonhillandfield.Theearthseemedbenumbedbyhisicytouch,andtheveryspiritsofthetreeshadwithdrawntot
3、heirroots,andthere,curledupinthedark,layfastasleep.Alllifeseemedtohaveebbedaway,andevenwhenthesunshonethedaywasShrunkandcold,Asifherveinsweresaplessandold,AndsheroseupdecrepitlyForalastdimlookatearthandsea.Thewitheredgrassandthebushesweretransformedintoaforestofi
4、cicles.Thencameadaywhenthechillairportendedasnowstorm.Werushedout-of-doorstofeelthefirstfewtinyflakesdescending.Hourbyhourtheflakesdroppedsilently,softlyfromtheirairyheighttotheearth,andthecountrybecamemoreandmorelevel.Asnowynightclosedupontheworld,andinthemornin
5、gonecouldscarcelyrecognizeafeatureofthelandscape.Alltheroadswerehidden,notasinglelandmarkwasvisible,onlyawasteofsnowwithtreesrisingoutofit.Intheeveningawindfromthenortheastsprangup,andtheflakesrushedhitherandthitherinfuriousmelee.Aroundthegreatfirewesatandtoldmer
6、rytales,andfrolicked,andquiteforgotthatwewereinthemidstofadesolatesolitude,shutinfromallcommunicationwiththeoutsideworld.Butduringthenightthefuryofthewindincreasedtosuchadegreethatitthrilleduswithavagueterror.Therafterscreakedandstrained,andthebranchesofthetreess
7、urroundingthehouserattledandbeatagainstthewindows,asthewindsriotedupanddownthecountry.Onthethirddayafterthebeginningofthestormthesnowceased.Thesunbrokethroughthecloudsandshoneuponavast,undulatingwhiteplain.Highmounds,pyramidsheapedinfantasticshapes,andimpenetrabl
8、edriftslayscatteredineverydirection.Narrowpathswereshoveledthroughthedrifts.Iputonmycloakandhoodandwentout.Theairstungmycheekslikefire.Halfwalkinginthepaths,ha