we walked , hand in hand , through a wood of blue-tinged evergreens , and we crossed a lacquered red and yellow bridge over an ornamental pond ; we walked along the edge of a field in which young corn was coming up , like green grass planted in rows ; we climbed a wooden stile , hand in hand , and reached another field , planted with what looked like small reeds or furry snakes , black and white and brown and orange and grey and striped , all of them waving gently , curling and uncurling in the sun .