Toy Train Stuck in Rice on the Footbridge - 適合中級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Zola and Bram crossed a small wooden footbridge in the late afternoon.

A low hum rose from the water under the span.

The railing held gentle warmth against their palms.

At the middle, Bram crouched on the deck and set down his small wooden train.

A paper cup of rice sat beside it, and sand shook from his shoes.

He tipped the cup, and a short line of rice trickled onto the plank.

A loose piece from Zola’s straw hat slid free and landed near the grains.

He pushed the train along one plank, its small wheels ticking on the wood.

A chip showed damage on one wheel, and it bumped, then slowed at the rice.

Grains scattered and piled against a knot, then shifted into a tiny mound under the car.

The train rolled again and met a dark patch of sap, sticky as tape on the plank.

Rice clung there, and the bit of straw pressed in, so the wheel lifted and stopped.

A round echo rose from under the bridge and faded against the stone bank.

Zola knelt on the solid boards and slid a folded card under the sticky patch.

She scraped gently; the rice trickled onto the card and settled in a neat mound.

The sap kept a pale memory of the wheel in a thin, curved mark on the wood.

Bram wiped the wheel with his sleeve, and fine sand sifted from the cuff.

Pebbles from his tread stayed put, but the last two grains slid back into the cup.

Bram set the train beside the mound and tapped the cup once on the plank.

傍晚時分，Zola 和 Bram 走過一座小木人行橋。

橋下的水傳來低低的嗡鳴。

欄杆貼在他們的手心上，有著溫暖的觸感。

走到橋中央時，Bram 在橋面上蹲下，把他的小木火車放好。

旁邊放著一個裝米的紙杯，鞋底抖下細沙。

他把紙杯微微一傾，一條短短的米線沿著木板流下。

Zola 的草帽鬆出一縷草梗，滑下來落在米粒旁。

他推著火車沿著一塊木板前進，小輪在木頭上滴答作響。

其中一個輪子缺了一角，帶著一點損傷，火車在米前碰了一下，慢了下來。

米粒四散又堆在一處節疤前，接著滑動，堆成車底下一個小丘。

火車又滾動，遇到一塊發暗的樹脂，像膠帶一樣黏在木板上。

米粒黏在那裡，剛才那截草梗也壓進去，輪子微微抬起，就停住了。

橋下傳來一聲圓潤的回音，又在石岸邊消散。

Zola 在穩固的木板上跪下，把一張摺起的卡片滑到黏處下面。

她輕輕刮動；米粒流到卡片上，最後安穩堆成一小丘。

那塊樹脂在木頭上留下淡淡一弧輪痕，像保留了一段記憶。

Bram 用袖口擦了擦輪子，袖口抖出細細的沙。

鞋底的碎小石沒動，但最後兩粒米又滑回紙杯裡。

Bram 把火車擺在小丘旁，輕輕在木板上敲了一下紙杯。