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ThewaytoRainymountain读后感

AsingleknollrisesoutoftheplaininOklahoma,north

andwestoftheWichitaRange.Formypeople,theKiowas,it

isanoldlandmark,andtheygaveitthenameRainyMountain.

Thehardestweatherintheworldisthere.Winterbrings

blizzards,hottornadicwindsariseinthespring,andinsummer

theprairieisananvilsedge.Thegrassturnsbrittleand

brown,anditcracksbeneathyourfeet.Therearegreenbelts

alongtheriversandcreeks,lineargrovesofhickoryandpecan,

willowandwitchhazel.AtadistanceinJulyorAugustthe

steamingfoliageseemsalmosttowritheinfire.Great

green-and-yellowgrasshoppersareeverywhereinthetallgrass,

poppinguplikecorntostingtheflesh,andtortoisescrawl

aboutontheredearth,goingnowhereintheplentyoftime.

Lonelinessisanaspectoftheland.Allthingsintheplain

areisolate;thereisnoconfusionofobjectsintheeye,but

onehilloronetreeoroneman.Tolookuponthatlandscape

intheearlymorning,withthesunatyourback,istolosethe

senseofproportion.Yourimaginationcomestolife,andthis,

youthink,iswhereCreationwasbegun.

IreturnedtoRainyMountaininJuly.Mygrandmotherhad

diedinthespring,andIwantedtobeathergrave.Shehad

livedtobeveryoldandatlastinfirm.Heronlylivingdaughter

waswithherwhenshedied,andIwastoldthatindeathher

facewasthatofachild.

Iliketothinkofherasachild.Whenshewasborn,the

Kiowaswerelivingthatlastgreatmomentoftheirhistory.

Formorethanahundredyearstheyhadcontrolledtheopen

rangefromtheSmokyHillRivertotheRed,fromtheheadwaters

oftheCanadiantotheforkoftheArkansasandCimarron.In

alliancewiththeComanches,theyhadruledthewhole