At the approach of spring the red squirrels got under my house ， two at a time ， directly under my feet as i sat reading or writing ， and kept up the queerest chuckling and chirruping and vocal pirouetting and gurgling sounds that ever were heard ； and when i stamped they only chirruped the louder ， as if past all fear and respect in their mad pranks ， defying humanity to stop them 不多久，不仅在这些湖岸上，在每一个小山，平原和每一个洞窟中，都有霜从地里出来了，像一个四足动物从冬眠中醒了过来一样，在音乐声中寻找着海洋，或者要迁移到云中另外的地方。
