Leaf Lifts at the Path Stone - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Steam from the cup smells sweet.

Helena sits on the low bench.

Her knees press smooth wood.

A faint sticky ring marks the arm.

The grandfather holds the wooden cup.

"The cup is warm," the grandfather says.

She watches a curl of steam rise.

Helena walks to the path.

She looks for the chestnut.

A brown leaf covers it.

She kneels to the side.

She watches small movement in the leaf.

The leaf shifts and shows the edge.

A runner passes on the gravel.

Tap, tap.

She goes toward the crates.

A soft cloth lines one.

Light creeps across the fold.

A warm plank holds a shallow dent.

She turns back the same way.

By the open crate, a thin twig rests.

It sits under the cloth fold.

At the flat stone, clear water beads.

It hides under a brown leaf.

Helena steps to the bench.

Steam still curls above the cup.

She watches the steam curl again.

木杯升起的蒸氣帶著甜味。

Helena 坐在矮長椅上。

她的膝蓋頂著光滑的木頭。

扶手上有一圈淡淡黏痕。

祖父捧著那只木杯。

「杯子是溫的。」祖父說。

她看著一縷蒸氣往上卷。

Helena 走到小路那邊。

她在找那顆栗子。

一片棕葉蓋住它。

她向旁邊跪下。

她看見葉片裡些微的移動。

葉片一動，就露出邊緣。

一位跑者走過碎石路。

嗒、嗒。

她朝木箱那邊過去。

一條柔軟的布鋪在箱裡。

光線慢慢爬過布摺。

一塊溫熱的木板留著淺淺的壓痕。

她沿著同一條路回去。

在打開的木箱旁，一根細樹枝躺著。

它卡在布的摺邊下。

在平坦的石頭邊，清澈的水結成小珠。

它躲在一片棕葉下。

Helena 走回長椅。

蒸氣還在杯口上方盤旋。

她再看那縷蒸氣盤起來。