The Cup Tilts and the Cloth Levels It - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

A soft clink comes from the hall.

Xenia can hear it.

The open door frames the hall.

A brown pot rests on the shelf.

"Good morning, Xenia," the grandfather says.

Clean laundry scent sits by the bed.

Xenia kneels on the thick rug.

Her palm rests on the low shelf.

Fine dust rims the wood.

A faint pencil mark marks the wall.

The pillow keeps last night’s lines.

A tiny crumb rests on the bedside table.

Colored pencils stand in a cup.

The cup sits at a small tilt.

Xenia gives the shelf a gentle press.

The cup stands.

She lets go.

It leans again.

She slides a folded cloth under one side.

Her thumb presses the edge flat.

The cup stays upright.

At the window, a pencil tilts.

It taps the rim.

On the hall shelf, a drop runs down a leaf.

It gathers in the pot.

Dust glows inside the sunbeam by the cup.

走廊傳來一聲輕輕的杯碰聲。

Xenia 聽得到。

打開的門把走廊框住。

棕色花盆放在架子上。

「早安，Xenia。」祖父說。

床邊有乾淨衣物的氣味。

Xenia 跪在厚地毯上。

她的手掌按在低矮的層板邊。

木邊繞著一圈細灰塵。

牆上留著一條淡淡的鉛筆痕。

枕頭還保留昨晚的壓痕。

床頭桌上有一小粒麵包屑。

彩色鉛筆立在杯裡。

杯子有一點傾斜。

Xenia 輕輕按一下層板。

杯子立住。

她放開手。

它又歪了。

她把一塊摺好的布墊在一側底下。

她的拇指把邊緣壓平。

杯子直直站著。

在窗邊，一支鉛筆傾斜。

它輕輕敲到杯緣。

走廊的架子上，一滴水沿著葉片往下滑。

它在花盆裡聚成小點。

杯旁的陽光裡，塵埃發亮。