The very rain, and sleet, and hail seem only Nature's useful servants when found doing their simple duties in the country; and the East Wind himself is nothing worse than a boisterous friend when we meet him between the hedge-rows.

在乡间，雨、雨夹雪和冰雹都仿佛只是尽着朴素职责的大自然的得力仆从；而当我们在树篱之间遇见东风，他也不过是位吵闹活泼的朋友。