Crumbs Over the Bridge- 適合初級的英語短篇故事

Morning light filled the busy market street. A gray pigeon flapped down near a bread stall. The vendor turned dough beside a small brick oven. A golden crumb lay beyond a narrow gutter. A thin wooden bridge stretched over the shallow gap. A round metal pan blocked the bridge beside the stall. The pigeon hopped onto the bridge and pushed the pan. The pan stayed completely still on the narrow bridge. The crumb remained just beyond the gutter.

The pigeon pecked the pan and heard a hollow ring. The clear sound echoed under the metal lid. The pan held only air inside. The bird tilted its head, and the pan began to list. The light body of the pan slid toward the stall. It bumped a stack of plates. The plates knocked a cloth bag, and grain spilled out. Crumbs rolled over the bridge and onto the street stones. The vendor read a folded menu and missed the mess. The pigeon stepped through the crumbs and grabbed one. It beat its wings and lifted above the stall roof. A loose spoon tapped the stall leg again.

清晨的陽光灑滿熱鬧的市集街道。一隻灰鴿降落在麵包攤前。小販在磚造的小烤爐旁揉著麵團。一粒金黃麵包屑落在窄水溝的另一邊。一條細木板橋橫跨淺溝。一只圓形金屬鍋擋在橋面。鴿子跳上木橋推鍋，鍋子紋風不動。麵包屑依舊隔著水溝。

鴿子啄鍋，聽見空洞的回聲。清晰聲響在金屬蓋內迴盪，鍋內只有空氣。牠歪頭，鍋子開始傾斜。輕盈的鍋身往攤位滑去，撞到一疊盤子。盤子推倒布袋，穀粒灑出。麵包屑滾過木橋，散落石板路。小販低頭看折起的菜單，沒注意到混亂。鴿子踏過麵包屑，叼起一粒，振翅飛上攤棚。鬆動的湯匙再次敲擊攤腳。