What I Wanted

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What I Wanted
Tracey Herd1
 
 
was such a plump, bountiful 
 landscape of snow, more 
 than I'd ever dared wish for. 
 That was back when we had 
proper winters, long ago, 
 when lawns and driveways 
 vanished: there were 
 no boundaries. Fences, walls, 
 gardens and homes dropped off 
 the edge of the world. 
 There was a muffled 
 silence each night when 
 darkness married with snow 
 to wake me from dreams 
 that began and ended 
 with the snow. I was hidden 
 from view behind a tree 
 whose branches were 
 perilously bent2 and laden 
 with snow, watching 
 a dark figure disappear; 
 then I would slip out fearlessly, 
 sure-footed and fleet, 
 with my magnifying glass 
 and pocket torch to follow 
 the tracks that led off as far 
 as a child's eye could see, 
 and then a little further.

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1 herd Pd8zb     
n.兽群，牧群；vt.使集中，把…赶在一起
参考例句：
  • She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
  • He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见，只是人云亦云。
2 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的
参考例句：
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

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