高中英语作文：A Snowy Winter Morning

Thewindgentlymurmured,puffedandsometimessighedlikeasummerbreezeliftingtheleavesalongthelivelongnight.Thecatwascurlingupquietinherbed.Themousewassleepingcarefreeinhisgallery.Thedogwaslyingswwetonthesofa.Eventheearthitselfwassleepingintranquility,exeptthatsomehousedoorfaintlycreakeduponitshinge,tellingusaremoteinwardwarmth.Naturewasathermidnightworkwithfeatheryflakeswhirlingdowninthewind,asifshewasshoweringhersilveryseedsoverthefields.
　　FinallyIwokeup.ThefloorcreakedundermyfeetasImovedtowardsthewindow.Thesnowaswarmascottonwaslyingcalmlyuponthewindowsillandthestillnessofthemorningwasextremelyimpressive.
　　Theroofswerestandingundertheirsnowcaps,whiletheeaveswerewearingtheirglitteringornaments.Thetreesraisedwhitearmstotheskyoneveryside,andwheretherewasawall,thereweresomefantasticformsofsnowstretchingexhilaratedinthedimlandscape,asifNaturehadcarvedherfreshdesighsbynightasmodelsforman'sart.
　　Silently,Iopenedthedoorandsteppedoutsidetofacethecuttingair.Themoonhadalreadylostsomeofitsglowandthelandwasbathedinadullmist.Aluridlightintheeastproclaimedtheapproachofdaywhiletheweaternlandscapewasbleakwithsomespookystillnesslikeawizardkingdom.Whatyoucouldonlyhearwasthecreepysounds,seeminglyoutofthehell----thebarkingofdogs,thehammeringofblacksmith,thelowingofcowsandthecryingofpigsunderthebutcher'sknife.
　　Gradually,theluridlightdarkenedandspreadacrossthewest.Everyflower,everytreeand
　　everyweedwerebathedinthesunshine.Suddenly,itturnedoutthatallthesoundswerenotforanymelancholytheysuggested,butfortheirtwilightbustlewhichwastoosolemnandmysteriousforme.
　　Imovedom,treadingbrisklyalongtheroad,thedryandcrispedsnowcrunchingundermyfeet.