Robin Prints and a Flapping Dust Jacket at Mud Kitchen - 適合中級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

A small robin visited the mud kitchen beside the back steps and the metal tap.

Stella pressed a finger into brown paste while Nestor read nearby under a bright dust jacket.

Warm damp air lay over the wooden shelf, and a clean soil smell rose around the bowls.

Beyond the fence, a closed cellar door kept a strip of shade along the ground.

The robin hopped along the shelf, pecked at wet grit, and drank tiny shining drops.

Sunlight slid free of a cloud and warmed the shelf where fresh shapes rested.

The bird’s beak met more pull from the mix, and the puddle began to expand.

Edges that had looked smooth turned thicker, and small lines opened on yesterday’s dry pieces.

A soft wind flipped the dust jacket open, and the cover made a paper flap.

The robin flicked its wings, stepped sideways, and left three thin prints in the paste.

A pale bit of paste clung to one toe and then darkened.

Stella set a wooden spoon down, and a single drop fell into the circle.

The wet ring spread and began to expand again, touching one of the bird’s prints.

The bird kept moving, toes finding a drier strip, and the tapping grew lighter.

Nestor turned a page with one hand, and the bright dust jacket stayed half open.

The shelf held new marks: three prints, a finger press, and tiny cracks near the edge.

Sunlight kept sliding across the wood, and the robin tapped once more and hopped away.

一隻小知更鳥來到後台階旁的泥巴小廚房，靠近金屬水龍頭。

Stella 用一根手指按進棕色的泥糊，Nestor 在旁邊讀書，書本外的亮色護封閃著光。

溫暖而潮濕的空氣覆在木架上，一股乾淨的土味在一排碗邊升起。

欄杆外有扇關著的地窖門，在地上留下一道陰影帶。

知更鳥在木架上跳著，啄濕沙粒，並喝下幾滴細小發亮的水。

陽光從雲後滑出，照暖了放著新做形狀的木架。

牠的喙在混合物裡感到更多拉扯，旁邊的小水窪開始擴開。

原本看來平滑的邊緣變厚了，昨天乾掉的作品上開出細紋。

一陣輕風把護封翻開，封面發出一聲紙面的拍動。

知更鳥抖了一下翅膀，側著步子，在泥糊上留下三個細長的印子。

一小塊泥糊黏在牠的一根腳趾上，隨後變得更深。

Stella 放下木湯匙，有一滴水落進那個圓圈裡。

那道濕圈擴散，開始再次擴開，碰到其中一個鳥印。

知更鳥繼續移動，腳趾踩在較乾的一條帶上，敲擊聲也變輕了。

Nestor 用一隻手翻頁，那張亮色護封半開著不動。

木架上留下了新痕跡：三個腳印、一個手指按痕，還有邊緣處的細小裂紋。

陽光持續在木面上移動，知更鳥又輕輕敲了一下，然後一跳離開。