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I learned about its gifts one July evening in the mountains.
我得到她的厚禮是在山間七月的一個夜晚。
My car had mysteriously stalled, and I was stranded and alone.
我的車突然無緣無故地熄了火，我孤身一人被困在山中，束手無策。
The sun had set, and I was watching what seemed to be the bright-orange glow of a forest fire beyond a ridge to the east.
太陽已經西沉，我看見東邊山脊處涌出一團桔黃色的明光，好像森林起火一般。
Suddenly, the ridge itself seemed to burst into flame.
突然，山脊自己也似乎迸射出火焰。
Then, the rising moon, huge, red and grotesquely misshapen by the dust and sweat of the summer air,loomed up out of the woods.
一會兒，一輪又大又紅的月亮從樹林里鉆了出來，夏天空氣中彌漫的灰塵與濕氣令它扭曲變形，顯得異常怪異。
Distorted by the hot breath of earth, the moon seemed somewhat ill-tempered and imperfect.
大地灼熱的氣息扭曲了它，它變得有些暴躁，不再完美。
Dogs nearby farmhouse, barked nervously, as if this strange light had wakened evil spirits in the weeds.
附近一間農舍的狗緊張地狂吠起來，似乎這團奇怪的光亮叫醒了野草叢中邪惡的幽靈。
But as the moon lifted off the ridge, it gathered firmness and authority.
然而當月亮緩緩從山脊處升起，它渾身聚集了堅定與威嚴。
Its complexion changed from red, to orange, to gold, to impassive yellow.
它的面孔也由紅色變成了桔紅，又變成金色，最后變成沉靜的黃色。
It seemed to draw light out of the darkening earth, for as it rose, the hills and valleys below grew dimmer.
它似乎吸收了漸漸轉暗的大地的光亮，因為隨著它的升起，下面的丘陵山谷變得愈來愈暗淡朦朧。
