Cat Chases a Moving Light on the Rooftop - 適合中級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Small pebbles pressed against the cat's paw pads as it crossed the flat roof. Warm tar under the pebbles felt slightly tacky and held a gentle heat against skin. The low parapet warmed its whiskers when they brushed the stone during a slow turn. Rosa stepped out beside the stairwell door with a white paper envelope in hand. A thin wooden mast held a clothesline over the roof, and shirts hung still. On a nearby roof, a small pigeon loft stood with open slats and pale dust. Warm tar gave a faint smell, and soft coos floated up from the slats. "The sun is low today," Rosa said, holding her palm above her eyebrows.

She tipped the envelope, and a pale rectangle of light slid across the pebbles. The cat stalked the bright patch, belly low, tail twitching once against the warm stones. Rosa breathed out, and the card inside shifted, so the bright patch slid to the parapet. The mast's line threw a thin shadow across the patch, and the cat pounced there. Its paws met only rough grit, and a tiny crunch sounded under its quick weight. A small cloud crossed the sun, and the rectangle vanished at the same moment. When the light returned, the sun sat at a lower slant, and the patch shifted higher. It landed on the parapet wall and stayed there as a weak, milky shine. The cloud thinned and drifted on, leaving an even light over the roofs. The mast's shadow stretched in a single long stripe along the roof.

當牠走過平坦的屋頂時，小卵石壓著牠的肉墊。卵石下的瀝青溫熱，帶著一點黏黏的感覺，輕輕貼著皮膚的熱度。牠慢慢轉身時，鬍鬚擦過石面，低矮的女兒牆帶來一股暖意。Rosa 走到樓梯間的門邊，手裡拿著一個白色的紙信封。一根細長的木製支柱撐著曬衣繩，幾件襯衫安靜地垂掛著。鄰近的屋頂上立著一座小鴿舍，格柵敞開，淡淡的灰塵沾在上面。溫熱的瀝青帶出淡淡氣味，柔和的咕咕聲從格柵間飄上來。「今天的太陽很低，」Rosa 說著，把手掌擋在眉上方。

她輕輕傾斜信封，一塊淡淡的長方形亮光在卵石上滑過。貓貼著地面跟著那塊亮斑移動，腹部很低，尾巴在溫熱的石頭上輕輕一抖。Rosa 吐了一口氣，裡面的卡片動了一下，亮斑便滑到女兒牆上。支柱上的繩子投下細細的陰影穿過亮斑，貓便在那裡撲了一下。牠的爪子只碰到粗糙的砂粒，迅速落下的重量壓出一聲輕微的喀嚓。一朵小雲掠過太陽，同一刻那塊長方形亮光消失了。光線回來時，太陽的位置更斜了，那塊亮斑則移到更高處。它停在女兒牆上，成了一片淡淡、帶奶白色的光澤。那朵雲變薄又飄遠，均勻的光鋪在屋頂上。支柱的影子拉成一條長長的直紋，沿著屋頂延展。