The writer is the first man to map it and to name the natural objects it contains. Those berries are edible. That speckled creature that bolted across my path might be tamed. That lake between those trees will be called Lake Opal or, more artistically, Dishwater Lake.

而作者本人则是第一个为它绘制地图并为每一个自然事物,命名的人，这种讲过是可以吃的，那只身上带斑点,从我身边窜过，的动物也许能被驯服，树木之间的那个湖泊,可以叫“蛋白石湖“，或者，更艺术的，“洗盘水湖“

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make me feel happy and satisfied artistically, then that's ok with me too.

和能让我开心、让我有艺术满足感的人一起工作，那样对我来说也很好。

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