The very first forms of writing date back almost 6, 000 years ago, to an ancient people called the Sumerians, who started etching in their early alphabet into moist clay tablets using a triangular tool called a calimus.

最早的文字形式可以追溯到近6000年前，一个叫做苏美尔人的古老民族，他们开始用一种叫做卡里穆斯的三角形工具在潮湿的泥板上刻下他们早期的字母。

Yes, Will was something the Lord had provided. Pork had dug the grave the night before, close by Ellen's grave, and he stood, spade in hand, behind the moist red clay he was soon to shovel back in place.

头一天晚上，波克就把墓**挖好了，紧挨着爱伦的墓。此时他手执铁锹，站在湿润的红土后面，等着过一会儿把土铲回去。