The Puddle and the Garden Gate - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

A damp earth smell rises by the flower bed.

Lucia kneels at the edge.

Her palms press a warm stone.

Fine yellow pollen dots a half-open bud.

A pale smear already lines one petal.

"Good morning, Lucia," the grandmother says.

She knits on the wooden bench.

It is morning.

Lucia starts her routine garden walk.

She walks past the flower bed.

A tiny pollen puff lifts.

Dew drops spill off a leaf.

Twigs creak.

An ant crosses a stone joint.

A small puddle blocks one stone.

Lucia steps on the green grass.

Grass is wet.

She goes around to the gate.

She stands by the closed gate.

Light under the gap is thin.

She looks at muddy prints there.

Lucia returns the same way.

By the gate, one older print dries pale.

By the bed, a thin yellow dust line sits on the stone.

Her nose tickles. Achoo!

She slows at the flower bed edge.

By the flower bed, the damp earth smell stays, and a soft pollen puff settles.

花圃旁傳來潮土的氣味。

Lucia跪在邊緣。

她的手掌按在溫暖的石頭上。

細細的黃色花粉點在半開的花苞上。

一片花瓣上已帶著淡淡的一道痕。

祖母說：「早安，Lucia。」

她坐在木長椅上編織。

現在是早晨。

Lucia開始她慣常的花園散步。

她走過花圃。

一小團花粉微微升起。

露珠從葉子邊上溢下。

細枝嘎吱作響。

一隻螞蟻越過石縫。

一個小水窪擋住一塊石頭。

Lucia踩上綠色的草地。

草地是濕的。

她繞到小門旁。

她站在關著的小門旁。

門縫下的光很細。

她看著那裡的泥腳印。

Lucia沿著同一路回來。

在小門邊，一個較早的腳印正變得發白。

在花圃旁，石頭上躺著一條細細的黃粉線。

她的鼻子發癢。哈啾！

她在花圃邊放慢腳步。

在花圃旁，潮土的氣味還在，一小團柔和的花粉慢慢沉下。