Leaf Spirals by the Park Bench - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Orla breathes the cut-grass smell by the bench.

Her knees press the bench.

Thin wood lines touch her skin.

A dry muddy paw print sits on the arm.

Warmth thins a small dew bead.

Orla walks to the pond rail.

A duck splashes near the edge.

Bars stand tight and close.

She tilts her head at a wide gap.

Now the splash shows clear.

Quacks bounce.

Water drips.

A small stool stands by the fountain.

One leg rests in a puddle.

Drips from the fountain make ripples grow.

A dark wet ring marks the wood.

A small road lies past the rail.

She looks back at the bench arm.

The dew bead is thinner now.

Another child on the bench reaches under the hedge.

Their mouth turns down in a frown.

"I cannot reach the ball," they say.

Light on water wavers gently.

Leaves rustle.

A small leaf spirals.

Orla 在長椅旁吸進割草的味道。

她的膝蓋頂著長椅。

細細的木紋貼著她的皮膚。

扶手上有一個乾掉的泥巴爪印。

溫暖讓一小滴露水變薄。

Orla 走到池邊的欄杆。

一隻鴨在邊緣拍水。

欄杆間距很緊很近。

她把頭斜向一個較寬的空隙。

現在水花看得很清楚。

呱呱聲彈回。

水滴落下。

飲水台旁放著一張小凳子。

一支椅腳泡在水窪裡。

飲水台滴下的水讓漣漪擴開。

木頭上留著一圈深色的水痕。

欄杆外有一條小路。

她回頭看那個長椅扶手。

那滴露水現在更薄了。

另一個坐在長椅上的孩子把手伸到樹籬下。

他的嘴角往下，露出皺眉的表情。

「我夠不到球，」他說。

水面上的光微微晃動。

樹葉沙沙作響。

一片小葉子旋旋落下。