Cloud Shade and the Garden Hose Splash - 適合初級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Cool soil pressed firmly on Yara's palms.

Grit stuck to her fingers and nails. She and Lena worked at a small garden bed. Yara wanted to prepare one long row for seeds. A hose lay in a loose coil near stones. A shallow tray of water rested near a small pot. A trowel lay beside a small bag of soil.

Sunlight flashed on the wet path and hit their eyes. A cloud slid over the sun, and shade fell. The cloud grew thin, and the bright patch came back. "The light comes and goes," Yara said. They watched one more change from dim to bright. The hose water smelled faintly of metal.

Shade crossed the bed again, and Yara moved fast. She pressed the trowel down and cut a row. She scooped soil and built a small mound. Her trowel handle bumped the loose hose by mistake. The coil slid forward and tapped a light plastic pot. The pot tipped into a shallow tray of water. Water splashed across the stones and dotted Lena's sleeve.

Sunlight returned, and the wet stones flashed again. Lena laughed and shook her arm dry. Yara slid the hose aside to stop more tipping. She pressed the row edges and shaped the mound. The cloud moved on, and bright light covered the bed. Yara set the trowel beside the neat mound.

涼涼的泥土緊貼著Yara的手心。

細小的沙粒黏在她的手指和指甲上。她和Lena在一塊小菜圃前工作。Yara想把一條長長的溝槽準備好放種子。一條水管鬆鬆地盤在石頭旁邊。一個淺淺的盛水托盤放在一個小盆旁邊。一把小鏟子放在一小袋土壤旁邊。

陽光在濕的步道上閃了一下，直射她們的眼睛。一朵雲移到太陽前面，陰影落下來。雲變薄了，亮處又回來了。「光忽明忽暗。」Yara說。她們又看了一次從暗到亮的變化。水管流出的水帶著淡淡的金屬味。

陰影再次掠過菜圃，Yara立刻動作加快。她把小鏟子壓下去，劃出一條溝。她舀起土壤，堆起一個小土堆。她的鏟柄不小心頂到那條鬆著的水管。管圈往前一滑，碰到一個輕的塑膠盆。盆子傾倒進一個淺淺的盛水托盤裡。水花濺過石頭，還點點滴在Lena的袖子上。

陽光又回來了，濕石頭再次一閃。Lena笑了，甩了甩手臂把水甩掉。Yara把水管推到一旁，免得再撞倒東西。她按緊溝邊，把小土堆整理成形。雲飄走了，明亮的光鋪滿菜圃。Yara把小鏟子放在整齊的小土堆旁。