The Wooden Block and the Picture Book- 適合初學者的英語短篇故事

One thin sunbeam slides. It lands on a thick picture book. The book rests on the soft rug. Astrid kneels beside it. She opens the cover wide. The stiff spine snaps shut. She opens again. Snap again.

She slides a round wooden block under the cover. The page now stays wide. Light rests on a bright drawing. A baker stands in a warm kitchen. The baker looks tired yet peels a big potato. Steam curls from a pot. The baker cooks dinner. Astrid watches. Colored pencils tap inside their cup. Dust dances in the beam. The picture book catches the moving beam.

一道細細的陽光滑進來。它落在厚厚的圖畫書上。書本靜靜躺在柔軟的地毯上。艾絲翠德跪在旁邊。她把封面打開。硬梆梆的書脊啪地闔上。她再打開。又啪一聲。

她把一塊圓木塊塞到封面下。頁面現在展開不動。光線照在明亮的圖畫上。一位麵包師站在溫暖的廚房裡。麵包師看起來有點疲倦，還是在削一顆大馬鈴薯。鍋裡冒出蒸氣。麵包師正煮晚餐。艾絲翠德靜靜看著。彩色鉛筆在杯裡輕輕碰撞。塵粒在光束中跳舞。圖畫書在移動的光裡穩穩承接。