Her legs, sunk in the mud, seem shackled to the earth; the trail she leaves behind as she crawls forward reminds us of a snail's, a reptile's.
秧女沿著對角線向前爬行，她雙腳泥濘地粘滯在田壤中，好像掙脫不了大地似的。她的跪爬身姿以及身後留下的一個個望之悚然的黑穴，令人聯想起泥沼中困難蠕動的蝸牛或爬蟲，十分艱辛、賣力而認命。