Pouring in the Cloud Shadow - 適合初級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Two careful hands carry the small wooden watering can to the edge.

A sweet wet-earth smell rises from the soft dark soil.

Thin cool morning dew rests, drying on the smooth stone path.

Sunlight shines across the small planted bed and smooth stone path.

A thin cloud slides over the sun, and shade spreads.

Light returns after a short pause, and the shade lifts.

Beyond the open door, a short hallway stays cool and dim.

The child watches the soft dark soil and a small sprout.

The damp ring shows darker during the soft shade on the soil.

"It is soft shade now," the grandmother says near the child.

The child tilts the small rose-head spout during the shade window.

A slow soft stream pours onto the soft dark soil.

The same patch holds water, then slowly lets it soak inward.

The light brightens mid-pour as the thin cloud moves on.

The child stops the pour at once above the soil.

One slow drip falls to the edge of the smooth stone path.

The drip pulls dry dust into a tiny brown bead.

The bead rolls a little into the gap between two stones.

A brief flash appears, then slides across the wooden bench board.

After this, the grandmother tidies the smooth stone path.

A thin dark ring sits clear by a few small lettuce sprouts.

The brown bead settles in the gap.

兩隻小心的手把小木製澆水壺提到邊緣。

柔軟黑土傳來濕潤泥土的甜味。

薄涼的晨露停著，在平滑石道上慢慢變乾。

陽光照在小型種植床和平滑石道上。

一朵薄雲滑過太陽，陰影鋪開。

片刻後光線回來，陰影抬起。

打開的門外，有一條短短的走廊，涼又暗。

孩子看著柔軟的黑土和一株小芽。

在柔和的陰影裡，土面上的濕環更深。

「現在是柔和的陰影，」祖母在孩子身旁說。

陰影出現時，孩子把小玫瑰形出水口輕輕一傾。

一股緩慢柔和的水流淋在柔軟黑土上。

同一小片土先托住水，然後慢慢讓它往內滲。

薄雲離開時，澆水途中光線變得明亮。

孩子立刻在土上停住澆水。

一滴慢滴落在平滑石道的邊上。

這滴水把乾細土拉成一顆棕色小珠。

小珠滾一小段，進到兩塊石頭間的縫。

一道短短亮光出現，然後滑過木製長椅的板面。

之後，祖母把平滑石道整理乾淨。

幾株小萵苣旁，一圈細暗的濕環清楚可見。

棕色小珠在縫裡落定。