Red Button Rolls Across the Desk- 適合初學者的英語短篇故事

A wet blue stroke glistens on paper. Zev looks at the smooth desk. Warm air dries the colour. The centre stays glossy, the sides turn dull.

A glass jar sits near the tall window. A cloudy cube of ice rests inside. Soft room air makes the cube melt. Water slides around a dark rock below. A pencil pot blocks the view. Zev tiptoes and clears the line. He turns back to the blue stroke. Tiny pale spots spread near the edge. Across the carpet, thick glue on card sits. The white line turns clear yet sticky. A metal tool, the blunt scissors, rests half open. Dust floats in the light. A round red button rolls from the tin. It clinks against the desk.

一條濕亮的藍色筆劃在紙上閃著光。Zev 盯著光滑的桌面看。溫暖的空氣讓顏料慢慢變乾。中間仍然亮亮的，兩側已經變暗。

一個玻璃罐靠在高窗旁邊。渾濁的冰塊待在罐裡。室內的軟空氣讓冰塊慢慢融化。水繞著底部的黑色小石滑動。一只鉛筆筒擋住視線。Zev 踮起腳，重新看清。他再看那條藍色筆劃。細小而淡的斑點擴散到邊緣。地毯那邊，厚厚的膠在卡紙上停著。白色的痕跡變得透明但仍黏。金屬工具——鈍頭剪刀——半開著躺著。光裡漂著灰塵。一顆圓圓的紅鈕扣從鐵盒中滾出。它在桌面叮噹一聲。