It slumbers between broad prairies, kissing the long meadow grass, and bathes the overhanging boughs of elder bushes and willows, or the roots of elms and ash trees and clumps of maples.

• 这条河只是在左右两大块草原之间打瞌睡，吻着长在草地上的高高的草茎，洗涤着柳枝和接骨木的垂条，滋润着榆树、岑木和枫树的老根。