The wild flowers disappeared, and only in the bottom of the draws and gullies grew a few of the very toughest and hardiest: shoestring, and ironweed, and snow-on-the-mountain.

野花不见了，只有在平原和沟壑的底部长出了一些最坚韧、最顽强的植物：鞋带、铁草和山上的积雪。

The pasture was flooded with light; every clump of ironweed and snow-on-the-mountain threw a long shadow, and the golden light seemed to be rippling through the curly grass like the tide racing in.

牧场充满了阳光；山上的每一丛铁草和积雪都投下了长长的影子，金色的光芒仿佛潮水般在卷曲的草丛中荡漾。