Bookmark Slips Beside the Sand Timer - 適合初級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

The grandmother sits beside the child on the smooth wooden table chair.

Two small wooden-framed glass sand timers rest upright.

They stand on the smooth wooden table for slow comparing.

A light tea smell hangs near the smooth wooden windowsill.

A small glass vial stands on the small low wooden shelf.

A cork stopper closes the small glass vial.

The child tilts the head at the second timer zone.

Golden sand falls in a soft stream through each narrow waist.

A single small grain drops, then settles on the golden mound.

A wooden ruler rests near the timers on the table.

A thin bookmark lies by the ruler with a beach picture.

The other side shows a small red machine.

Warm afternoon light shifts across the glass and makes a glare.

The child leans left to see the narrow waist again.

An elbow touches the ruler and slides it a little.

The ruler nudges the bookmark, and the bookmark slips forward.

Its edge covers the smaller second sand timer's wooden base.

The grandmother lifts the small folded napkin and refolds it gently.

The child sits back and tilts the head the other way.

The glare leaves the glass from this lower angle.

The bookmark rests near the base, but the waists show.

Two soft streams fall at their own slow rhythms.

A single small grain drops through and lands on the mound.

祖母坐在孩子身旁的光滑木桌椅上。

兩個小型木框玻璃沙漏直立著。

它們站在光滑的木桌上，方便慢慢比較。

一股淡淡的茶香停在低窗邊的木窗台。

小玻璃瓶站在矮木層架上。

軟木塞把小玻璃瓶塞緊。

孩子把頭偏向第二個沙漏那一側。

金色的沙子以柔軟的細流穿過每個細腰。

一粒小沙子落下，然後停在金色小丘上。

一把木尺放在沙漏旁的桌面上。

一張薄書籤躺在尺子旁邊，上面有海灘圖案。

另一面顯示一台小紅機器。

溫暖的午後光線在玻璃上移動，產生眩光。

孩子向左傾身，再看一次細腰。

手肘碰到尺子，尺子就滑動了一點。

尺子頂到書籤，書籤便向前滑去。

它的邊緣蓋住較小沙漏的木座一角。

祖母把小摺好的餐巾拿起來，輕輕重新摺好。

孩子坐回去，頭向另一邊再傾一下。

從這個較低的角度，玻璃上的眩光退開。

書籤仍在座位附近，但兩個細腰都看得到。

兩股柔和的沙流以各自的慢節奏落下。

一粒小沙子穿過去，落在小丘上。