They may have been wise to stick to the Rush instead of going along the top. It kept them sure of their direction: and ever since the fir wood they had all been afraid of being forced too far out of their course and losing themselves in the wood. Patches of hopeless brambles, fallen trees, boggy places and dense undergrowth would be always getting in your way.
這是一片古老的、沒有人跡的森林，裏面沒有一條直路。大叢大叢根本進不去的荊棘，倒了的大樹，沼澤地，以及茂密的低矮林叢，不時在前面擋住他們的去路。