Bead Lands on the Bicycle Print - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Warm air drifts.

Stella sits at the table. A warm plate rests before her. The uncle sits at her side. He twirls pasta on his fork. Steam curls up. The sauce pool slowly thickens.

Her left palm rests on the place mat. Fine paper fibers line the spot. An older ring stays on the mat. A fresh ring glistens under the cup. A bead grows on the glass side. A soft tap comes from her fork. Small letters on the mat spell decide. A tiny bicycle sits by them.

Stella watches one cold bead slide. It stops at the glass base. Her eyes shift to the napkin. The bead drops, quick and small. It lands on the bicycle print. A damp circle starts to spread. The word decide darkens at one edge.

Steam thins above the noodles now. The thin paper drinks the drop. The napkin lifts in the warm draft. Stella sits very still, and looks. The bicycle print blurs.

溫暖的空氣飄著。

Stella 坐在餐桌前。一個溫熱的盤子在她面前。叔叔坐在她身旁。他用叉子捲義大利麵。蒸氣往上盤旋。薄薄的一層醬汁慢慢變稠。

她左手掌貼在餐墊邊緣。細細的紙纖維在那裡排成紋理。舊的水圈留在餐墊上。新的水圈在杯底發亮。一滴水在杯側變大。她的叉子發出輕輕一聲嗒。餐墊上的小字拼成 decide。一台小小的腳踏車圖案在旁邊。

Stella 看著一滴冷水滑下。它停在玻璃杯底。她把目光移向紙巾。那滴水忽然落下，很小很快。它落在腳踏車圖案上。一個濕圈開始擴開。decide 這個字的一邊變深。

麵上方的蒸氣現在變薄了。薄紙把水吸進去。紙巾在溫暖的氣流裡微微翹起。Stella 很安靜地坐著，繼續看著。腳踏車圖案變糊了。