A Shell Slips From the Books - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

The curtain edge sways.

Dust floats in the beam.

The door stands open to the hall.

Nell kneels on the rug.

Her knees press thick loops.

A shoe dent sits nearby.

The pillow holds deep lines.

Clean laundry smells near the bed.

She reaches to a book.

The low shelf sits bright.

The books press it tight.

Her left hand rests on the rug.

Her right hand grips the edge.

The paint on the wall shines.

The book shifts a little.

A small shell slips out.

It slides into the light.

It drops to a wooden block.

It taps once.

It taps again.

Nell picks up the shell.

The shell is cool and ridged.

She sets it by a stuffed fawn.

A faint pencil line marks the paint.

The older sibling stands across the hall.

Foam rests at their mouth.

"Morning, Nell," they say.

A pencil tilts and taps the cup.

窗簾邊緣在晃動。

灰塵在光束裡飄著。

門開著，通向走廊。

Nell跪在地毯上。

她的膝蓋壓著厚實的圈圈織紋。

旁邊有個鞋印凹痕。

枕頭上留著深深的折線。

床邊有乾淨衣物的氣味。

她伸手去拿一本書。

低矮的書架在亮處。

書把它夾得很緊。

她左手放在地毯上。

她右手抓住書邊。

牆上的油漆在發亮。

那本書動了一點點。

一個小貝殼滑了出來。

它滑進光裡。

它落在一塊木頭積木上。

它輕敲一下。

它又輕敲一下。

Nell撿起那個貝殼。

貝殼冰涼，表面有條紋。

她把它放在一隻絨毛小鹿旁邊。

油漆上有一道淡淡的鉛筆線。

走廊對面的哥哥或姊姊站著。

嘴角沾著泡沫。

哥哥或姊姊說：「早安，Nell。」

一枝色鉛筆傾斜，輕敲杯子。