The Turning Candle- 適合初學者的英語短篇故事

Drip rings beside the log. Yannick kneels by the stream. A teacher on the far bank writes. The light is pale green. He taps a flat rock. Tiny waves slide over pebbles. He whispers, "Water moves softly." Water strider darts from shadow. A pale candle rests on clay. Yannick nudges the smooth wax. The stub drifts then turns. A red apple floats nearby. He flicks its shiny side. The fruit bumps a pebble. A farmer crosses the path. Boots splash and spot grass. A worker lifts a branch. Leaves rustle and fall down. Yannick pats the cool water. Ripples spread, then fade outward. A beetle slips under bark. Yannick walks toward the trees.

滴水聲在倒木旁嗚咚。雅尼克跪在溪邊。對岸的一位老師正在寫字。淡淡的綠光灑下。他輕敲一塊平石。細小波紋滑過卵石。他低聲說：「水動得很柔。」水黽從陰影中射出。一根淺色蠟燭躺在黏土上。雅尼克推了一下光滑的蠟。蠟頭漂走又轉身。一顆紅蘋果在旁漂浮。他彈了彈亮亮的果皮。水果撞到一顆小石。一位農夫走過小徑。靴子濺水點點草葉。一位工人抬起一根樹枝。樹葉沙沙落下。雅尼克輕拍清涼溪水。漣漪擴散然後漸淡。一隻甲蟲滑入樹皮下。雅尼克向樹叢走去。