1 | I had pulled in from the road for no other reason than to let a bus pass me. | |
2 | Now the Way [Tao] is like a broad road. | |
3 | The young traveller came along the road in the rosy mist of the morning. | |
4 | Over the next half hour, there were four more 'close- calls', but I think that I managed to remain hidden well enough behind trees and bushes and by keeping as far away from roads as possible. | |
5 | But even as she strained her eyes down the darkening road, she heard a pounding of hooves at the bottom of the pasture hill and saw the horses and cows scatter in fright. |