Apple Glow in the Fence Gap - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

The thermos lid clicks softly.

The father pours warm tea.

Steam rises.

It is quiet.

Earth smells cool by the blanket.

Mist drifts.

Merritt sits on the soft blanket.

Merritt's small weight rests here.

The weave shows tiny loops.

A set crease lines the edge.

Merritt lifts a chin and looks.

The first opening is the dark air.

A faint pulse grows, then dims.

Tall grass fills the view.

The glow hides behind blades.

"A tiny one, near the fence," the father says.

Merritt slides knees along the blanket.

A second opening lies at the rail gap.

Through it, a firefly rests steady.

Its light holds for a long moment.

A soft gold cast rests on the rail.

A round apple sits by Merritt.

Its skin catches a small dot.

The bright speck helps the eyes find it.

The firefly lifts and floats past the fence.

保溫壺的蓋子輕輕一響。

父親倒入溫熱的茶。

蒸氣往上升。

四周很安靜。

毯子旁有潮土的氣味。

薄霧慢慢飄動。

Merritt坐在柔軟的毯子上。

Merritt的小小重量壓在這裡。

織紋露出細小的圈圈。

邊緣留著一條固定的摺痕。

Merritt抬起下巴看。

第一個開口是黑暗的空氣。

微弱的亮點漸亮又漸暗。

高草佔滿視線。

光點藏在草葉後面。

「有一個小的，在籬笆旁邊，」父親說。

Merritt把膝蓋在毯子上挪動。

第二個開口在欄杆與柱子的縫間。

透過它，一隻螢火蟲穩穩停著。

它的光停住好一會兒。

柔和的金色映在欄杆上。

Merritt身旁放著一顆圓蘋果。

它的表皮接住一個小點。

那亮點幫助眼睛找到它。

螢火蟲起身，飄過籬笆。