Not much chance, completely cut loose from purpose, 没有太多的机会，完全用宽松的剪裁，

he was a young man riding a bus through North Carolina on the way to somewhere. 他是一个年轻人，通过北卡罗莱纳州的途中某处坐公共汽车。

And it began to snow. 并下起了大雪。

   

And the bus stopped at a little cafe in the hills and the passengers entered. 和公交车停在一个小咖啡馆在山上和乘客进入。

And he sat at the counter with the others, and he ordered, the food arrived. 他坐在与其他柜台，他下令，食物到了。

And the meal was particularly good. 而这顿饭得特别好。

And the coffee. 和咖啡。

   

The waitress was unlike the women he had known. 女服务员是不同于他以前认识的女人。

She was unaffected, and there was a natural humor which came from her. 她并没有受到影响，并有一种天然的幽默来自于她。

And the fry cook said crazy things. 和煎炒烹炸说疯狂的事情。

And the dishwasher in back laughed a good clean pleasant laugh. 而在后面的洗碗机笑得好干净愉快的笑声。

   

And the young man watched the snow through the window. 而年轻人看着透过窗户雪。

And he wanted to stay in that cafe forever. 他想留在咖啡馆永远。

The curious feeling swam through him that everything was beautiful there. 通过他好奇的感觉，游泳，一切是美丽的存在。

And it would always stay beautiful there. 它会永远保持美丽那里。

   

And then the bus driver told the passengers that it was time to board. 然后将公交车司机告诉乘客，是时候登机。

And the young man thought: "I'll just stay here, I'll just stay here." 而年轻人心想：“我就住在这里，我就留在这儿。 ”

And then he rose and he followed the others into the bus. 然后他站起来，他跟着别人到总线。

He found his seat and looked at the cafe through the window. 他发现自己的座位，看着透过窗户的咖啡厅。

And then the bus moved off, down a curve, downward, out of the hills. 然后巴士开跑了，下来的曲线向下，走出丘陵。

   

And the young man looked straight forward. 和年轻的男人看着直线前进。

And he heard the other passengers speaking of other things, 他听到其他乘客说其他的事情，

or they were reading or trying to sleep. 或者他们在读或想睡觉。

And they hadn't noticed the magic. 他们没有注意到的魔力。

And the young man put his head to one side, 和年轻的人把他的头偏向一侧，

closed his eyes, and pretended to sleep. 闭上双眼，假装睡着了。

   

There was nothing else to do, 没有什么事情可做，

just to listen to the sound of the engine, 只是听发动机的声音，

and the sound of the tires 和轮胎的声音

in the snow. 在雪地上。