1. The darkening foliage; the embrowning grain; the golden dragonfly haunting the blackberry bushes; the cawing crows, that looked down from the mountain on the cornfield, and waited day after day for the scarecrow to finish his work and depart; and the smoke of far-off burning woods, that pervaded the air and hung in purple haze about the summits of the mountains, -these were the vaunt-couriers and attendants of the hot August.
树叶开始变成深绿，麦穗开始变黄。黑刺莓丛上金色的蜻蜓轻舞飞扬。山上乌鸦呱呱乱叫，俯瞰着麦田，日复一日盼望着稻草人早点滚蛋。远处燃烧的树林发出一股浓烟，弥漫在空中，变成一团紫烟挂在山顶。这些就是炎热八月的招摇的信使和仆从。