They passed up and down little hills laid out with trim rice-fields and farm-houses nestling cosily in a grove of bamboos; they passed through ragged villages and populous cities walled like the cities in a missal.

他山上来回穿梭， 山上是整齐的稻田， 舒适地依竹林中的农舍。他穿过破烂不堪的村庄稠密的城市， 城墙就像弥撒书中的城市。