At those times he ate the muskeg berries and grasses. His tongue felt dry and large and it tasted bitter in his mouth. His heart troubled him very much.

那些时候，他就嚼着浆果和草。他感觉舌头又大又干，含在嘴里发苦。他的心脏给他添了很多麻烦。

He started walking to the left, stopping now and again to eat muskeg berries. His ankle had stiffened, but the pain of it was nothing compared with the pain of his stomach.

他转向左面走着，不时停下来吃沼地上的浆果。扭伤的脚腕子已经僵了，但是比起肚子里的痛苦，脚疼就算不了什么。

Often he picked muskeg berries, put them into his mouth, and ate them. A muskeg berry is a small seed in a drop of water. In the mouth, the water melts away andthe seed tastes bitter.

他常常摘起沼泽地上的浆果，把它们放到口里，然后吞下去。这种沼地浆果只有一小粒种籽，外面包着一点浆水。一进口，水就化了，种籽是苦味的。

He felt his way through the wet snow to the watery muskeg berries, and was guided by touch as he pulled up the grass by the roots. But it had no taste and did not satisfy his hunger.

他在湿雪地里摸索着，走到湿漉漉的沼地浆果那儿，接着又根拔着草，一面试探着前进。不过这东西既没有味，又不能把肚子饱。