Pebble Rolls to the Bowl on the Lantern Path - 適合初級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

The deep blue sky hangs over the short path.

Warm light pools rest on the stepping stones.

A father waits at the wooden gate, hand on the latch.

The warm doorway glows past the gate and across his shoulder.

The damp grass smell rises by the garden bed.

The house roof makes a dark line above the gate.

The child stands on the wide flat dark stone.

Two stones sit ahead on the path in dim light.

The choice is left or right.

He steps to the smaller round grey stone.

Icy dew makes the next stone slick.

His shoe slips and taps the small rounded white pebble.

The pebble rolls along the border and bumps a bowl.

A wooden bowl rests by the stones, rimful of clover.

Leaves tremble but stay inside the bowl’s round mouth.

The child kneels and reaches for the soft cloth.

He dries the narrow oblong pale stone with slow strokes.

A hidden pebble slides under the cloth and drops.

It falls into the bowl and makes a soft clink.

The father says, "I am here by the gate."

A moth’s shadow moves over the nearest glass globe.

The stone shows a dry patch where the cloth passed.

The child steps once across the dry place and lands.

He crouches by the closed yellow flower at the edge.

A new dew drop forms on its outer petal.

He sets the cloth back on the bench.

深藍的天空懸在這條短短的小徑上方。

溫暖的光圈落在踏石上。

父親在木門邊等著，一隻手按著門閂。

門後的暖光越過木門，落在他的肩上。

花圃旁傳來潮濕草的氣味。

屋頂在門上方畫出一條深色的線。

孩子站在寬而平的深色踏石上。

前面有兩塊石頭，在微暗的光裡。

選擇是左邊或右邊。

他踏向較小的圓形灰色石。

帶冷意的露讓下一塊石頭變得滑。

他的鞋一滑，碰到那顆小而圓的白色卵石。

卵石沿著邊緣滾動，碰到一只碗。

石邊放著一只木碗，裝得滿到邊緣的酢漿草葉。

葉子抖了一下，仍留在碗口裡。

孩子跪下，伸手去拿那塊柔軟的布。

他慢慢擦乾那塊狹長而淺色的踏石。

布底下藏著的小石子滑出來，掉了下去。

它落進木碗裡，發出輕輕一聲叮。

父親說：「我在門邊。」

最近的玻璃球上掠過一抹飛蛾的影子。

那塊石頭被擦過的地方出現一小塊乾的地方。

孩子踏過那塊乾的地方，穩穩落下。

他蹲在邊緣那朵合起來的黃色小花旁。

一顆新的露珠在外側花瓣上凝成。

他把布放回長椅上。