A Sand Pit Stops the Wobble - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Warm sand presses Hector's knees.

His palm rests on a flat base stone.

A pale ring circles the spot.

Patches of light brighten the sand.

The creek murmurs, soft and even.

The uncle sits by the stone pile.

A smooth stone rests in his palm.

"This one is flat," he says.

Hector lifts a round-edged stone.

He sets it on the base.

It wobbles on a small pit.

Hector slides sand into the pit.

He presses the edge with his palm.

Sand holds.

The stone settles after a tiny wobble.

A folded blanket lies on the log.

Hector nudges its edge with his foot.

He makes the edge flap once.

He taps a thin twig on the water.

Small rings stir around a pebble.

Rings spread.

A round stone rolls at the pile.

It bumps Hector's foot and stops.

He rolls it to the back.

Dappled light moves across the stack.

Light shifts.

Small rings stir and widen.

He taps the twig on the water again.

溫暖的沙子壓著 Hector 的膝蓋。

他的手掌貼在一塊平的底石上。

一圈淡痕繞著那個位置。

斑點般的光把沙地照得更亮。

溪水輕輕地流著聲音。

叔叔坐在石堆旁邊。

一顆光滑的石頭放在他的掌心。

「這顆很平。」他說。

Hector 抬起一顆邊緣較圓的石頭。

他把它放在底石上。

它在一個小坑上搖晃。

Hector 把沙子滑進那個小坑。

他用手掌按住邊緣。

沙子撐住了。

石頭小小地晃一下就穩住。

一條摺好的毯子放在原木上。

Hector 用腳輕碰它的邊。

他讓邊緣掀一下。

他用一根細樹枝點水面。

小圈圈在一顆小石頭周圍攪動。

圈圈擴開。

一顆圓石在石堆邊滾動。

它碰到 Hector 的腳就停住。

他把它滾回後面。

斑駁的光移過石堆。

光移動。

小圈圈攪動又變大。

Hector 再把樹枝點在水面上。