The Inner Mongolian desert in winter is cold and calm.
No wind blows; no sound can be heard.
If you just walk by, you may believe it is a lifeless world.
But when you get really close to its surface and watch carefully, you can find
the small red spiders, ants, seeds from unknown plants,
remains of dead beetles, bones of reptiles, and even shell of snails...
You can readily imagine a hustle and bustle summer in the desert,
when lives were prosperous and booming.
But now, they are hiding under the sand, and the silence...

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