Cork Wheel Rolls Off the Table Edge and Floats - 適合中級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Daylight stretched across the low table in Nora's small workshop that afternoon.

Warm wax gave a sweet smell, and the stone floor felt cool under shoes.

An old toy catalogue lay open to a page with a small rover.

A short feather boa hung from a hook, light feathers touching Lily's sleeve.

Nora sat within reach and clipped thin wire into short pieces for axles.

Lily set a cork on sandpaper resting on a square tile and rubbed.

A soft scrape answered her hand, and shallow rings marked the cork's face.

She turned it on its rim and moved it sideways; the paper warmed her palm.

With a new cork, dust rose with a clean, woody smell near her fingers.

Three small wheels sat on the tile, and a pale circle of dust grew.

Nearby, a thin brush rested in a tin lid; gold paint colored its tip.

She rolled one across the tile to test it; it wandered toward the edge.

It tipped off the table and dropped into the shallow water in the lid.

The wheel stayed on the surface and bobbed; quiet ripples reached the metal.

Lily lifted it out and brushed the wet rim against the waiting brush.

A thin ring of gold shone on the cork, bright along its edge.

She set it down and rolled it; a faint, shiny mark crossed the tile.

Nora slid a cloth over, and the tiny wheel spun.

那天下午，日光鋪在 Nora 小小的工作桌上。

溫熱的臘散出甜甜的氣味，石地板貼在鞋底時帶著涼意。

一冊舊玩具型錄翻到一頁，上面印著一台小小的探測車。

一條短短的羽毛圍巾掛在掛鉤上，輕羽擦到 Lily 的袖子。

Nora 在伸手可及的地方坐著，把細金屬線剪成短短的軸段。

Lily 把一顆軟木塞放在砂紙上，壓在一片方形磁磚上來回磨。

她的手聽見輕輕的摩擦聲，淺淺的環紋留在軟木表面。

她把木塞立在邊緣側磨；砂紙透著熱度，暖到了手心。

換上一顆新的木塞，細粉揚起，在指間帶著乾淨的木香。

三個小輪子排在磁磚上，一圈淡淡的粉環也慢慢變大。

旁邊，一支細刷子橫著放在金屬蓋子裡；筆尖帶著金色顏料。

她把其中一個在磁磚上滾著試試，它歪歪斜斜地朝桌邊過去。

它從桌面翻下去，剛好落進那個淺淺的蓋子水面上。

輪子浮在水面上輕輕上下，安靜的波紋碰到金屬邊。

Lily 把輪子撈起來，濕邊緣擦到了那支等著的刷子。

一圈細細的金色貼在軟木上，沿著輪緣亮了一條。

她把它放下再滾一次；淡淡發亮的痕跡劃過磁磚。

Nora 把一塊布推了過來，而那顆小輪子轉了起來。