Bending down, I shovel the snow off the surface and tap the ice with my mittened hand, imagining a painted turtle somewhere beneath it half-hearing the thud as it waits patiently for spring.

• 我猜想在冰下的某处，彩龟在耐心等待着春天的到来吧，这会儿也许它隐约听到了这敲击声呢。