The brilliant moon was shining down on the white snow, light as day.

皎洁的月光洒在洁白的雪地上，亮如白昼。

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Gradually, slowly, the topmost mountain was getting brighter and the sun was touching it, golden, clear, and the snow was pure, untouched by the light of day.

逐渐地，缓慢地，最高的山峰正在变亮，太阳正在触摸它，金黄，明净，雪是纯洁的，还没被白天的光线所触及。

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The snow is light and frozen at night, but melts quickly during the day.

雪非常小，在晚上会凝结起来，但是白天又很快就会化掉。

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"By all accounts, we are expecting a serious weather event, " he said, adding that the storm was likely to start as a light snow on Friday morning and become heavier as the day goes on, with the worst coming between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.

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So what I remember now about the day Stan McKechnie almost killed his brother is how the light changed after the snow melted.

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