(it's a countdown of winter by nine sets of nine days each)
1st Nine: Milk congeals and freezes.
1st Nine: Milk congeals and freezes.
2nd Nine: Vodka congeals and freezes.
3rd Nine: Tail of a 3-year-old yak freezes.
4th Nine: Horns of a 4-year-old yak freeze.
5th Nine: Boiled rice no longer congeals and freezes.
6th Nine: Roads become visible from under the snow & ice.
7th Nine: Hilltops reappear.
8th Nine: Ground becomes damp.
9th Nine: Warmer days set in.
I can't wait!
