《山居岁月》是美国作家珍·克雷赫德·乔治创作的一部著名的儿童文学。这本书书讲述了一个纽约男孩山姆离家寻找祖父留下的废弃农场，并学习在野外独自生活的故事。
The Years in the Mountains "is a famous children's literature written by American author Jane Kreihd George. This book tells the story of a New York boy named Sam who leaves home to search for his grandfather's abandoned farm and learns to live alone in the wilderness.
主人公山姆征得父母同意下，带着最简单的野外求生工具：一把小刀，一捆绳索，一把斧头，一些打火石和钢片，离开纽约这个大城市，回到曾祖父荒废的克斯奇山的农场，开始尝试独立的野外生活。
With the consent of his parents, the protagonist Sam left the big city of New York with the simplest wilderness survival tools: a small knife, a bundle of ropes, an axe, some flint stones, and steel plates, and returned to his great grandfather's abandoned farm in the Keschi Mountains to try independent wilderness life.
山姆定居在一个大森林中，自己烧树洞做房子，为自己做了一个大树屋为住所。他为了谋生，自己四处捕猎寻找食物，历尽艰险做陷阱，凭着他的机智，勇敢把一只刚出生的小鹰训练成猎鹰。
Sam settled in a large forest, burning tree holes to make houses for himself, and built a big tree house as his residence. In order to make a living, he hunted and searched for food everywhere, went through hardships to make traps, and with his wit, bravely trained a newborn eagle into a falcon.
在打猎季节，山姆潜伏在树上，窥视猎人打猎，当猎人打中猎物而找不到而着急时，他就把他训练的猎鹰惊风放出去，利用它把猎人引开，趁机下树，获取猎人找不到的猎物。
During the hunting season, Sam lurks in the trees, watching the hunters hunt. When the hunters hit their prey but can't find it and are in a hurry, he releases his trained falcon, Stormwind, and uses it to lure the hunters away, taking the opportunity to descend from the trees and obtain prey that the hunters cannot find.
山姆在这次野外生活的日子里，运用自己的知识和智慧，制作出来调味料、用动物的皮毛制作了衣服、还给自己建造了书房灯。他还有一个人类的朋友和很多动物的“邻居”，如黄鼠狼、浣熊和猫头鹰……山姆在这里享受着他简单而充实的生活。
During his days in the wilderness, Sam used his knowledge and wisdom to make seasonings, make clothes from animal fur, and even build a study light for himself. He also has a human friend and many animal "neighbors" such as weasels, raccoons, and owls... Sam enjoys his simple yet fulfilling life here.
不过，平静的生活并没有过多久就被山姆的家人打破了。他的家人都来到了森林中与他一起生活。他们在这里盖房子，把森林又变成了另一个吵闹的城市，山姆十分地悲伤。
However, the peaceful life was soon disrupted by Sam's family. His family all came to live with him in the forest. They built houses here, turning the forest into another noisy city, and Sam was very sad.