A Dry Edge and a Sponge Splash - 適合初級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Emil lifted a plastic tray with chalk and brushes.

He walked toward the table near the garden wall.

A long wet stripe crossed the courtyard pavement ahead.

Bright chalk art covered the pavement near the stripe.

It came from washing buckets and a dropped soapy sponge.

Emil tested the edge with one careful step.

His shoe slid a little, and the tray rattled.

Leaves on a young tree shifted over the yard.

Sunlight blinked across the wet stripe, then faded.

It brightened, then dimmed, then brightened in a loop.

Cool air moved under the awning by the door.

Emil waited and watched one full bright and dark turn.

The bright patch slid back, thin along one side.

That edge dried first, and tiny beads stopped moving.

Henrik stood near him and pointed with his chin.

"There it is again," he said, keeping his hands free.

Emil stepped during the light, toes on the dry edge.

His heel skimmed the stray sponge near the tray.

The sponge flipped, dropped, and sent a thin splash.

The splash ran into a brick gap by the border.

A chalk star near it lost a short pale line.

Emil reached the table and set down the tray.

Sunlight moved on, and the wet stripe flashed again.

A small bubble drifted to the brick and burst.

艾米爾提起一個塑膠托盤，裡面有粉筆和刷子。

他走向花園牆邊的桌子。

前方庭院的地面上橫著一道長長的濕痕。

濕痕附近的地面上有鮮豔的粉筆畫。

那裡因為清洗水桶，還有掉落的起泡海綿而濕。

艾米爾小心地跨一步，試了那條邊。

他的鞋稍微一滑，托盤發出叩叩聲。

一棵新長成的樹上葉子在院子上方晃動。

陽光掠過那道濕痕又退去。

光亮起、變暗，再次亮起，重複循環。

門邊遮棚下有股涼風滑過。

艾米爾等著，看完一次明暗的整個變化。

明亮的一塊又滑回來，沿著一側變得狹窄。

那條邊先乾了，細小的水珠停止滾動。

亨利克站在他旁邊，用下巴示意。

「又出現了。」他說，雙手沒有碰東西。

光線在時，艾米爾踏上去，腳尖踩在乾邊。

他的腳跟擦到托盤旁邊的一塊散落海綿。

海綿翻起、落下，濺出一道細細水痕。

那道水痕流進邊緣的一個磚縫。

旁邊一顆粉筆星星少了一小段淡線。

艾米爾到達桌旁，把托盤放下。

陽光又移開了，那道濕痕再次一亮一暗。

一顆小氣泡飄到磚頭上，啪地破了。