Toy Windmill Spins and Moves the Dial - 適合初級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Dry twine rasped under the squirrel's teeth.

It stood on a bench in a small shed. Boxes for a windmill restoration lined one dusty wall. A faint oil smell hung near the tools. It tugged a loose strand from a wheel of twine. The strand looped through a small rubber band on a peg.

The band stretched and thinned between peg and hook. The strand slipped free, and the band snapped back. It flicked a thin wooden strip near the vise. A metal clamp bent the strip against the bench. The hit let one end pop free and spring.

The springing strip tapped a toy windmill on a tin box. Its vanes turned, and the spin took a new vector. A thin thread tied one vane to a small dial. The dial pointer jumped, then a tiny coil spring pulled. The pointer bounced left and right on its pin.

The bouncing pointer brushed a second loose rubber band. That band stretched and started to sling toward jars. The squirrel dropped a paw on the tugged strand. The line went tight and pinned the slinging band. On the meter, the dial still ticked and twitched. Beneath it, the pointer kept twitching and tapping.

乾燥的麻繩在松鼠的牙齒下磨出沙沙聲。

牠站在一張工作臺上，位置在一間小工具間裡。幾個為了風車修復而準備的箱子靠在滿是灰塵的牆邊。工具旁飄著淡淡的機油味。牠從一卷麻繩上扯下一條鬆散的細絲。那條細絲穿過一個掛在木釘上的小橡皮圈。

橡皮圈在木釘與鉤子之間被拉長、變細。細絲滑脫了，橡皮圈瞬間彈回。它彈到虎鉗旁的一條薄木片。金屬夾把木片壓彎在工作臺上。那一下讓木片一端脫出，猛然回彈。

回彈的木片輕敲一個放在鐵盒上的玩具風車。風車的葉片轉動，轉向換了新的向量。一條細線把其中一片葉片綁到一個小刻度盤。刻度指針一跳，後面的細小渦捲彈簧又把它拉回。指針在軸心上左右彈動。

彈動的指針擦到另一條鬆橡皮圈。那條橡皮圈拉長，正要朝玻璃罐方向猛甩。松鼠把一隻爪子按在被拉的細絲上。那條線繃緊，壓住了要甩出的橡皮圈。儀表上的刻度盤還在輕輕跳動。指針在下面不停抽動並輕輕敲擊。