Just then I heard the rumble of an engine. Out the hayloft window I spied Daddy's beat up rusty-red truck bouncing over the holes in the road because it was so loaded down with all that free wood we didn't need. "I wish it would snow right now," I muttered. "Then Daddy could enjoy his wood." That made me madder still, because it was a dumb thought. It didn't snow in North Carolina in August.

Just then I heard the rumble of an engine. Out the hayloft window I spied Daddy's beat up rusty-red truck bouncing over the holes in the road because it was so loaded down with all that free wood we didn't need. "I wish it would snow right now," I muttered. "Then Daddy could enjoy his wood." That made me madder still, because it was a dumb thought. It didn't snow in North Carolina in August.
就在这时，我听见了引擎的轰鸣．从草料棚的窗口，我看见爸爸那辆破烂不堪，锈迹斑斑的卡车，由于装了太多的不要钱的木柴，正在坑坑洼洼的道路上上下颠簸起伏着，而我们家却并不需要这么多的木柴．＂我盼着现在就下雪吧，＂我嘟囔着．＂那么爸爸就可以享用他的柴火了．＂因为只是心里暗暗地这么想，所以这念头使我沉默不语了．八月的北卡罗来纳不会下雪．