Chicken Slips Under the Hen House - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

At the farm fence, Helena stands. What pecks near the gate? It pecks. It clucks. Helena follows along the fence. Her hands hang at her sides. Rafael kneels beside her, one hand on the rail. "I see the chicken," Helena says. The sun is warm. A lion patch sits on her hat.

The chicken reaches a round stone bowl. Water ripples and shines. Dry grass bits crackle under feet. A light tea smell lifts from Rafael's sleeve. Across the yard, the farmhouse kitchen window stands open. Light from it wavers on the water. Behind them, the metal bucket tips. Water trickles across the path. Brown dirt turns soft. Helena steps to a flat stone. She stays near the fence.

The chicken moves past the bowl. It heads to straw by the nest box. Dust lifts. It slips into the dark space under the hen house. Helena stops at the fence gap. She crouches to look in.

Clucking fades behind the boards. Grass and earth smell rich here. Rafael's hand rests on the rail. Water still makes small rings. Helena stands still on the stone. A white feather lands on the round rim.

在農場的圍欄邊，Helena 站著。欄門旁邊是什麼在啄？它在啄。它咯咯叫。Helena 沿著圍欄跟著走。她的手垂在身側。Rafael 在她身旁跪著，一手扶著上方橫桿。Helena 說：「我看到那隻雞了。」太陽很暖。她的帽子上有一個獅子貼章。

那隻雞到一個圓的石盆邊。水面起漣漪，發亮。乾草屑在腳下喀喀作響。Rafael 的袖子上飄來淡淡茶香。院子的另一頭，農舍的廚房窗戶敞開。那裡的亮光在水面晃動。他們身後，金屬水桶傾倒。水沿小路細細流動。棕色泥土變得鬆軟。Helena 跨到一塊平石上。她靠近圍欄站著。

那隻雞越過石盆。它朝巢箱旁的稻草去。塵土飄起。它鑽進雞舍下方的黑暗空隙。Helena 在欄間口停下。她蹲下往裡看。

咯咯聲在木板後漸淡。這裡草味和土味很濃。Rafael 的手放在橫桿上。水面還畫著小圓圈。Helena 站在石頭上不動。一片白色羽毛落在圓圍邊上。