That is when it's not covered in snow and there is no frost covering the grass and vegetative parts of a plant's herbs and the flowers the marmots like to eat.
那时，地上没有冰雪覆盖，草木也没有结霜，土拔鼠喜欢吃的植物嫩芽和花蕾正开始生长。
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The flowers on her grave stiff in frost. Brown leaves tumbling, flying wildly in the frozen air, reburying her.