Ball on a Board, Robin on the Rail - 適合初級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Marnie slides a wooden board across the porch floor.

She sets a small box near the step.

She places a rubber ball at the board's top.

A low rail lines the porch edge beside her.

Cool air brushes lightly against her arms.

She pushes the board to change its angle.

Its end bumps a clay pot near the box.

The pot nudges a small tin on the floor.

The tin rolls and taps the broom by the door.

Stiff bristles flick dry leaves across the porch.

Marnie kneels and clears space by the box.

She lifts the pot and slides it under a chair.

She sets the tin inside the broom's dustpan.

She wedges a book under the low end.

The board rests steady on the book now.

Judson nods at the setup by her knees.

"I can watch the box now," he says.

A robin lands on the rail and tilts its head.

Marnie lets the ball go from the top.

It rolls down, drops cleanly, and thumps in the box.

A few leaves settle near the broom's handle.

The robin hops once along the rail.

Marnie 把一塊木板在門廊地上滑過去。

她把一個小盒子放在臺階旁。

她把一顆橡膠球放在木板的上端。

她身旁的門廊邊緣有一道低矮的欄杆。

涼意輕輕掠過她的手臂。

她推動木板，改變它的角度。

木板的末端撞到盒子旁的陶盆。

陶盆頂到地上的小鐵罐。

小鐵罐滾動，碰了一下門邊的掃把。

硬挺的刷毛把乾葉彈到門廊各處。

Marnie 跪下，清出盒子旁的空位。

她抬起陶盆，推進椅子底下。

她把小鐵罐放進掃把的畚箕裡。

她把一本書墊在木板的低端下。

木板現在穩穩地靠在書上。

Judson 看著她膝旁的擺設點點頭。

「我現在可以看著箱子。」他說。

一隻知更鳥停在欄杆上，歪了一下頭。

Marnie 從上端放開那顆球。

球順著滾下，乾脆落下，砰一聲進了盒子。

幾片落葉停在掃把把手旁。

那隻知更鳥在欄杆上跳了一下。