The Pencil Tap at the Window Seat - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Rain taps on the glass.

Clara sits on the window seat.

Her knees rest on the soft cushion.

Fine dust glows along the sill.

A faint rubber smell hangs near the frame.

Two drops slide down outside.

They race side by side.

She watches for the next tap.

Fog spreads and blurs the pane.

Beyond the foggy pane, the park looks dim.

A puddle holds one small ripple.

Clara wonders about that circle.

The curtain edge brushes her cheek.

She stays very still.

Her palm rests on soft cushion.

The sill holds a pale ring.

A faint finger trail softens in dust.

A tiny paint flake lands on her knee.

A short pencil rolls on the sill.

It reaches her sock and taps her toe.

Tap.

Quick tap.

The grandfather sits on the rug.

He sorts photos that lean in a stack.

The grandfather says, "I hear that tap."

Clara turns her eyes from the glass.

A fly lands on her wrist near the cuff.

It rests, then lifts and flies off.

The curtain slips back to her shoulder.

Rain keeps its steady beat on the pane.

The pencil lies along her toe.

雨滴敲打玻璃。

Clara 坐在窗邊座位上。

她的膝蓋靠在柔軟的坐墊上。

窗台上的細灰微微發亮。

靠近窗框有股淡淡的橡皮味。

兩滴雨在外面滑下來。

它們並排向下跑。

她等著下一下輕敲聲。

霧氣擴散，把玻璃弄模糊。

在霧霧的玻璃外，公園看起來昏暗。

一個水窪出現一圈小漣漪。

Clara 想著那個圓圈。

窗簾邊緣擦過她的臉頰。

她保持很安靜不動。

她的手掌貼在柔軟的坐墊上。

窗台留著一圈淡淡的水痕。

灰塵上有一道漸淡的手指痕。

一小片油漆屑落在她的膝上。

一支短鉛筆在窗台上滾動。

它碰到她的襪子，輕輕敲到她的腳趾。

噠。

短短一聲。

祖父坐在地毯上。

他整理微微傾斜的一疊相片。

祖父說：「我聽到那一下。」

Clara 把視線從玻璃移開。

一隻蒼蠅落在她手腕上、靠近袖口。

它停一下，接著抬起來飛走。

窗簾滑回來，碰到她的肩膀。

雨聲在玻璃上穩穩持續。

鉛筆沿著她的腳趾躺著不動。