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1、AttheEdgeoftheSeaRachelCarsonTheshoreisanancientworld,foraslongastherehasbeenanearthandseatherehasbeenthisplaceofmeetingoflandandwater.Yetitisaworldthatkeepsalivethesenseofcontinuingcreationandoftherelentlessdriveoflife.EachtimethatIenterit,Igainsomen
2、ewawarenessofitsbeautyanddeepermeanings,sensingthatintricatefabricoflifebywhichonecreatureislinkedwithanother,andeachwithitssurroundings.Inmythoughtsoftheshore,oneplacestandsapartforitsrevelationofexquisitebeauty.Itisapoolhiddenwithinacavethatonecanvi
3、sitonlyrarelyandbrieflywhenthelowestoftheyear’slowtidesfallbelowit,andperhapsfromthatveryfactitacquiressomeofitsspecialbeauty.Choosingsuchatide,Ihopedforaglimpseofthepool.Theebbwastofallearlyinthemorning.Iknewthatifthewindheldfromthenorthwestandnointe
4、rferingswellraninfromadistantstormtheleveloftheseashoulddropbelowtheentrancetothepool.Therehadbeensuddenominousshowersinthenight,withrainlikehandfulsofgravelflungontheroof.WhenIlookedoutintotheearlymorningtheskywasfullofagraydawnlightbutthesunhadnotye
5、trisen.Waterandairwerepallid.Acrossthebaythemoonwasaluminousdiscinthewesternsky,suspendedabovethedimlineofdistantshore—thefullAugustmoon,drawingthetidetothelow,lowlevelsofthethresholdofthealienseaworld.AsIwatched,agullflewby,abovethespruces.Itsbreastw
6、asrosywiththelightoftheunrisensun.Thedaywas,afterall,tobefair.Later,asIstoodabovethetideneartheentrancetothepool,thepromiseofthatrosylightwassustained.FromthebaseofthesteepwallofrockonwhichIstood,amosscoveredledgejuttedseawardintodeepwater.Inthesurgea
7、ttherimoftheledgethedarkfrondsofoarweedsswayed,smoothandgleamingasleather.Theprojectingledgewasthepathtothesmallhiddencaveanditspool.Occasionallyaswellstrongerthantherest,rolledsmoothlyovertherimandbrokeinfoamagainstthecliff.Buttheintervalsbetweensuch
8、swellswerelongenoughtoadmitmetotheledgeandlongenoughforaglimpseofthatfairypool,soseldomandsobrieflyexposed.AndsoIkneltonthewetcarpetofseamossandlookedbackintothedarkcavernthatheldthepoolinashallowbasin.Thefloorofthecavewasonlyafewinchesbelowth
