Compared to its more famous, bushy-tailed cousin the tree squirrel, the golden-mantled ground squirrel looks a lot like a chipmunk and spends most of the year hibernating.

对比更出名的尾巴蓬蓬树松鼠亲戚，金背地松鼠长得更像花栗鼠并且多数时间在冬眠。

Starry daisies lighted the shadows under trees, squirrels chattered on branches overhead, white-tailed rabbits hopped along the road, and snakes wriggled quickly across it when they heard the wagon coming.

繁星点点的雏菊照亮了树下的影子， 松鼠在头顶的树枝上叽叽喳喳地叫着，白尾兔在路上蹦蹦跳跳，蛇一听到马车来了就迅速爬过马路。