They climbed down a slippery bank of pine-needles. There lay the pond, set in its little alp of green—only a pond, but large enough to contain the human body, and pure enough to reflect the sky.
他们爬下光滑的松针林。池塘就在那里,坐落在绿色的小山丘上——只一个池塘,但大到可以容纳人体,纯净到可以倒映天空。