挪威人把二月开始的那个古怪季节叫做“早春”。那时太阳连日从万里无云、一碧如洗的高空照射下来;每天清晨,整个大地结上了一层闪闪耀眼的霜花。过不久,屋檐便滴滴答答化起水来了。太阳舐去了枝头的积雪,人们便可以看见白桦树梢头开始变成亮晶晶的褐色,白杨树的树皮上也出现一片预兆春天的浅绿。 The Norwegians called the odd season beginning in February “early spring”. At that time, the sun was shining down from a thousand miles of cloudless, high-pitched sky; every morning, the whole earth was covered with a layer of shining frost. Shortly afterwards, the eaves came and responded to the water. As the sun blew through the snow from the branches, people could see the birch trees’ heads turning into sparkling browns. The poplar’s bark also showed a hint of light green in spring.