Shallow Dish Hides the Orange Fold - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Vera steps to the table; old creases smell faint.

Her elbows rest on smooth wood.

An older soft line sits on orange paper.

Fresh lines shine on a half-folded orange paper.

The mother folds calmly at one side.

Her fingertip presses a sharp line.

A small bead sits on the cup rim.

A shallow wooden dish holds two shapes.

They stand between Vera and the crease.

Paper rustles once.

Vera kneels to see the line.

Her head tilts a little.

One finished shape settles deeper.

It makes a tiny sound.

The colors sit in harmony there.

"I press this fold," the mother says.

Now the small gap stays open.

Its edges almost meet.

The two shapes stand upright.

Their crease lines hold flat.

Vera 走到桌邊；舊摺痕帶著淡淡紙味。

她的前臂靠在光滑的木頭上。

橘色紙上有一條較舊、較柔的線。

半摺的橘色紙上，新的線發亮。

媽媽在一側平穩地摺。

她的指尖壓出一道銳利的線。

杯緣上停著一顆小水珠。

一只淺木盤裝著兩個成品。

它們在 Vera 和那道摺線之間。

紙張輕輕響了一下。

Vera 跪下來看那道線。

她的頭微微側著。

一個成品更往下貼住。

它發出很小的聲音。

那些色彩呈現和諧。

媽媽說：「我壓這一道摺。」

現在小小的縫還開著。

邊緣幾乎碰在一起。

兩個成品直直站著。

它們的摺線穩穩貼平。