The Day Seeds Covered a Neat Straw Path - 適合中級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Warm breath from the pony touched Opal's hands, and hay smell hung nearby.

Theron stood within reach, holding a canvas bag from the cool cellar.

"I cherish this old brush," he said, and he rubbed its worn handle.

Opal used a wooden broom and swept straw into a neat path, slowly.

The bristles made a dry hiss near the stall gate as they scraped.

Above the stalls, tiny bits of hay drifted down through small gaps.

They landed with light taps on a tin pan by the wall.

A calm pony shifted weight, and the wooden fittings creaked a little.

The stall rail felt warm through her sleeve, and the smell of oats rose.

Theron set a clay cup on a flat stone near the post.

Dust from the rafters hung in a pale beam beside the stairs.

Then cold air slid in from the yard through the half-open door.

The moving air pushed the falling hay dust, and it spread across her path.

One tiny seed ticked against her cheek and rolled into the broom head.

Her neat edges blurred, so she curved the path like a soft river.

The drift from above kept falling, but it now settled on her curve.

Theron shifted the canvas bag, and the sweet carrot smell mixed with hay.

Opal laughed once, then set the broom lower and swept in a circle.

Hoofprints pressed the packed earth, and thin water lines curled around them.

She followed a print with the broom and drew a slow spiral.

A last seed tapped the handle and stayed, bright against the dark wood.

小馬溫熱的鼻息碰到 Opal 的手，乾草的氣味瀰漫在旁邊的空氣裡。

Theron 站在伸手可及的地方，提著一個從涼爽地窖拿來的帆布袋。

他說：「我珍惜這把舊刷子。」他一邊說一邊摩擦那磨舊的握把。

Opal 用一把木製掃帚，把稻草慢慢掃成一條整齊的小道。

毛刷在欄門附近刮過時發出乾乾的摩擦聲。

在欄位上方，細小的乾草碎屑從細縫裡飄落。

它們落在牆邊的錫盤上，發出輕輕的敲擊聲。

一匹安穩的小馬換了個重心，木製配件輕輕地嘎吱作響。

欄杆透過她的衣袖帶來溫熱，燕麥的氣味也飄了上來。

Theron 把一只陶杯放在柱子旁邊的平石上。

橫梁上的灰塵停在樓梯旁一束淡淡的光裡。

接著，院子那頭的冷空氣從半掩的門縫滑了進來。

流動的空氣推著下落的乾草粉，讓它散開鋪過她的小道。

一粒小小的種子碰了她的臉頰一下，又滾進掃帚頭裡。

她整齊的邊線變得模糊，所以她把小道掃成一條柔和的彎。

上頭飄落的碎屑還在落下，不過現在都停在她畫出的曲線上。

Theron 換了換帆布袋的位置，甜甜的紅蘿蔔氣味和乾草味混在一起。

Opal 輕笑了一下，接著把掃帚壓得更低，畫出一個圓圈。

蹄印壓在結實的泥地上，細細的水痕在邊緣繞成弧線。

她順著一個蹄印掃過，慢慢畫出一個螺旋。

最後一粒種子輕碰了握把就停住，深色木頭上因此多了一點亮色。