The Bending Bar at the Bicycle Rack - 適合初級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

A bright bell rang across the busy morning road.

A street flute repeated an octave, quick and cheerful.

Merritt wheeled his bicycle toward the metal rack near station.

He needed one free slot before the market opened.

Every bar lined the rail in a tight pattern.

He gripped a middle bar and pulled upward hard.

It looked solid and stayed fixed like stone.

"Come on, move," Merritt said under his breath.

He crouched, tapped the bar, and heard a hollow thud.

A thin dent formed, then sprang back smooth.

The bar was not iron; it bent like thick rubber.

He wrapped both hands and pressed the bar sideways.

It bowed enough to open a narrow gap.

He slid his bicycle wheel through the space quickly.

The bar sprang back and bumped a wooden crate behind.

Red apples tumbled onto the stone ground and rolled.

York shouted, "Apples on the run!"

He laughed and chased them toward his stall.

Cool air carried smell of early bread from the market.

Merritt locked the wheel and stepped aside.

A line formed, but his space stayed secure.

He wiped his hands on jeans and walked toward coffee.

He walked toward the coffee cart.

一聲清脆的鈴響劃過忙碌的早晨道路。

街角的短笛連續吹出一個八度，節奏輕快。

Merritt 推著腳踏車走向車站旁的金屬車架。

市集開張前，他想找個空位。

橫桿一根接一根，排成緊密的線條。

他抓住中間的橫桿，用力往上拉。

它看起來堅硬，像石頭般一動不動。

Merritt 低聲嘀咕：「動啊。」

他蹲下，用指節輕敲橫桿，聽見空洞的悶聲。

細小凹痕出現後又立刻回彈。

這根桿子不是鐵，而像厚橡膠般可彎。

他雙手環住桿子，向側面壓去。

橫桿微微弓起，讓出一條窄縫。

他迅速把腳踏車輪子滑入空隙。

橫桿彈回，撞到後面的木箱。

紅蘋果滾落石地，四處亂跑。

York 大喊：「蘋果逃跑囉！」

他笑著追蘋果回到攤位。

涼爽空氣帶來早烤麵包的香味。

Merritt 鎖好車輪，向旁站開。

人龍出現，但他的位子安然無事。

他擦擦手上的灰塵，邁向咖啡攤。

他朝咖啡車走去。