Where Did the Color Go? - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Splashing water taps my ears now. I stand on warm flat sand. Bright light rests on the water. I see a striped pillow nearby. Sun heat drains its strong color. The cloth now looks chalk pale. Soft air lifts one loose thread. That thread rasps like tiny paper.

A square gift box sits farther. Wind pushes sand over its lid. The red paper loses shine slowly. Faint letters read along one edge. The letters blur under drifting grains. I hear the paper crack softly. I look again at the pillow. Only a thin cloth shell stays. Near my foot lies a mood stone. Its blue skin fades toward grey. The last pillow thread drifts off. A pale patch of sand stays.

濺水聲此刻輕拍我的耳朵。我站在溫暖而平坦的沙地上。明亮的光落在水面上。我看到一個條紋枕頭在旁邊。太陽的熱度把它原本鮮豔的顏色慢慢抽走。布料現在看起來粉白。柔和的空氣揚起一條鬆散的線頭。那線頭像細紙般沙沙作響。

再遠一點有一個方形禮物盒。風把沙子推到盒蓋上。紅色包紙的光澤正慢慢變淡。盒邊的淡字隱約可讀。字跡在飄動的沙粒下變模糊。我聽到紙張輕輕裂開的聲音。我再次看那個枕頭，只剩一層薄薄布殼。我的腳邊躺著一顆變色石，它的藍面正褪成灰色。最後一條枕頭線頭飄走。沙地上留下淡色印記。