即使地上有雪，高而浓密的下层植被也显露出来；雪和风也会吹落雪松、铁杉、红桤木多叶的树枝和其他的树木草料。

Even with snow on the ground, the high bushy understory is exposed; also snow and wind bring down leafy branches of cedar, hemlock, red alder, and other arboreal fodder.

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现在，我知道三十五年多前那个炎热的夏夜和我坐在旧木楼梯上的那个男人个子并不高，但是对于一个五岁的孩子来说，他就是个巨人。

I know now that the man who sat with me on the old wooden stairs that hot summer night over thirty-five years ago was not a tall man. But to a five-year-old, he was a giant.

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河口附近有一个沙地岬角，上面建着一些装饰了贝壳和多瘤漂木的低矮建筑物。

Near the mouth of the river is a sandy spit with low buildings decorated with oyster shells and gnarly driftwood.

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