Water Reaches the Seedling in Wind and Calm - 適合初級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

A soft hiss came from the hose by the tap.

A loose flag on the shed snapped, then went quiet.

Wind moved across the beds in short bursts.

Still air followed, and the leaves hung flat.

Another gust pushed the stream sideways.

Then the hedge made no sound again.

Windy, then still, made a fundamental rhythm here.

Delia and Renn came to water a tiny seedling.

Cool damp air touched Delia's wrists.

Delia aimed the stream at the base of it.

A sudden gust bent the stream to the fence.

The spray hit a shallow tray by the service path.

Water splashed out and ran along dusty cracks.

Renn said, "It is calm now."

Delia turned the tap lower and built a small ring.

She pressed soil to shape a moat around the stem.

Wind came back and drifted the fine mist outward.

The run met the ring and curved inward.

Renn held the stem gently with two fingers.

Water settled inside the moat during the next calm.

Mud darkened, and the hose lay quiet on a brick.

Water ran around the small stem.

水龍頭旁的水管發出輕輕的嘶聲。

棚屋上的鬆布旗啪地一響，接著安靜下來。

一陣一陣的風掠過菜畦。

隨後空氣靜止，樹葉平貼不動。

又一陣風把水流推向一邊。

接著籬笆那邊又沒了聲音。

有風、又無風，在這裡形成一個基本的節奏。

Delia 和 Renn 來為一株小幼苗澆水。

涼涼的濕氣貼著 Delia 的手腕。

Delia 把水流對準它的根部。

忽然一陣風把水流彎向籬笆。

水霧打到維修小徑旁的一只淺盤。

水花濺出來，沿著乾裂縫隙流走。

Renn 說：「現在安靜了。」

Delia 把水龍頭轉小，堆起一圈小土堤。

她把土壓緊，圍出一道靠近莖的小壕。

風又來了，把細細的水霧往外帶。

那股水遇到土圈，就向內側彎進來。

Renn 用兩指輕輕扶著莖。

下一次無風時，水就停在小壕裡。

泥土變得更深色，水管靜靜地躺在磚塊上。

水圍著細小的莖流動。