Acorn Cap Flips on the Stone - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Cleo crouches by the oak; the grandmother sits near. Is this cap loose? Her boot toe rests on the bare ground. Her fingertip nudges the small cap. The cap is chocolate brown. The nut under it is smooth. Faint scuffs mark the ground near the bark.

She lifts cap and nut. She steps to the flat stone. Her palm rests on the warm stone. Its face is smooth. A pale dust line lies there. A soft leaf smell drifts. Leaves shift. "It is warm today," the grandmother says.

On the stone, the nut starts to roll. It is round. Cleo flips the cap over. The cap becomes a small cup. She sets the nut inside it. Her eyes seek one more acorn under leaves.

She carries the pair to the basket. A soft fold lifts, then settles around them. The grandmother tucks the cloth edge. A thermos stands on the bench. Fine wood grain runs under it. A dry leaf lodges by the stone.

Cleo 蹲在橡樹旁；祖母坐在近處。這個帽頂鬆嗎？她的靴尖放在裸露的地面上。她的指尖輕推小小的帽頂。這頂帽子是巧克力棕色。下面的堅果很光滑。樹皮旁的地面有淡淡的擦痕。

她拿起帽頂和堅果。她走到平坦的石頭旁。她的手心按在溫暖的石頭上。石面很光滑。一條淡淡的灰塵線躺在上面。一股淡淡的落葉氣味飄過。葉片微微移動。「今天很暖和，」祖母說。

在石頭上，堅果開始滾動。它是圓的。Cleo 把帽頂翻過來。帽頂變成一個小杯子。她把堅果放進去。她的眼睛在落葉下再尋一顆橡實。

她把這一對帶到籃子裡。一道柔軟的摺痕抬起，又包住它們。祖母把布邊塞好。一個保溫瓶立在長椅上。細緻的木紋在下面延展。一片乾葉在石頭旁卡住。