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1、OPioneers!byWillaCatherPARTITheWildLandIOneJanuaryday,thirtyyearsago,thelittletownofHanover,anchoredonawindyNe-braskatableland,wastryingnottobeblownaway.Amistoffinesnowflakeswascurlingandeddyingabouttheclusteroflowdrabbuildingshuddledonthegrayprairie,under
2、agraysky.Thedwelling-housesweresetabouthaphazardonthetoughprairiesod;someofthemlookedasiftheyhadbeenmovedinovernight,andothersasiftheywerestrayingoffbythemselves,headedstraightfortheopenplain.Noneofthemhadanyappearanceofpermanence,andthehowlingwindblewunde
3、rthemaswellasoverthem.Themainstreetwasadeeplyruttedroad,nowfrozenhard,whichranfromthesquatredrailwaystationandthegrain"elevator"atthenorthendofthetowntothelumberyardandthehorsepondatthesouthend.Oneithersideofthisroadstraggledtwounevenrowsofwoodenbuildings;
4、thegeneralmerchandisestores,thetwobanks,thedrugstore,thefeedstore,thesaloon,thepost-office.Theboardsidewalksweregraywithtrampledsnow,butattwoo'clockintheafternoontheshopkeepers,hav-ingcomebackfromdinner,werekeepingwellbehindtheirfrostywindows.Thechildrenwe
5、reallinschool,andtherewasnobodyabroadinthestreetsbutafewrough-lookingcountry-menincoarseovercoats,withtheirlongcapspulleddowntotheirnoses.Someofthemhadbroughttheirwivestotown,andnowandthenaredoraplaidshawlflashedoutofonestoreintotheshelterofanother.Atthehi
6、tch-barsalongthestreetafewheavywork-horses,har-nessedtofarmwagons,shiveredundertheirblankets.Aboutthestationeverythingwasquiet,fortherewouldnotbeanothertraininuntilnight.OnthesidewalkinfrontofoneofthestoressatalittleSwedeboy,cryingbitterly.Hewasaboutfiveye
7、arsold.Hisblackclothcoatwasmuchtoobigforhimandmadehimlooklikealittleoldman.Hisshrunkenbrownflanneldresshadbeenwashedmanytimesandleftalongstretchofstockingbetweenthehemofhisskirtandthetopsofhisclumsy,copper-toedshoes.Hiscapwaspulleddownoverhisears;hisnosean
8、dhischubbycheekswerechappedandredwithcold.Hecriedquietly,andthefewpeoplewhohurriedbydidnotnoticehim.Hewasafraidtostopanyone,afraidtogointothestoreandaskforhelp,sohesatwringinghislongsleevesandlookingupatelegr
