我的故乡在鄂西山区一个叫沙地的地方。沙地有道山岭叫西岭。西岭,绵延数公里,包围着一大片林场,就像慈祥的母亲紧抱着自己的婴孩一样:悠悠的清江河仿佛一条轻柔的丝带滑过婴孩的皮肤。西岭,就是我们祖辈生活的地方。初春的早晨,天色已亮,太阳尚未升起,一声鸡鸣啼破了黎明的寂 My hometown is a place called Sandy Mountain in western Hubei Province. Sandy mountains called Xiling. Xiling stretches for several kilometers and surrounds a vast forest, just as the beloved mother hugs her baby: the long Qingjiang River slippages across the baby’s skin. Xiling, is where our grandparents lived. The early spring morning, the sky is bright, the sun has not yet risen, as soon as cock crowing broke the dawn of silence