Baseball Under the Metal Gate Rings the Bell - 適合初級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Glass bottles clinked on a bike rack at dawn.

A small bell chimed on the courtyard gate.

Remy held a baseball near his shoe.

He spotted it under the low metal gate.

Sunlight hit the slats and flashed in his eyes.

Warm air filled the quiet lane.

Bright bands lay across the gap and hid the ball.

Remy wanted to cross the bands and reach in.

Leaves moved above, and the light changed again and again.

Shade moved over the gate, then the sun returned.

He watched one full turn of bright and dark.

He decided to reach during the next soft shadow.

He counted breaths as the cloud slid across.

Otto raised a crate nearby and said, "Morning out here today".

Shade touched the gap, and Remy moved fast and low.

His fingers hooked the baseball and pulled it free.

The ball bumped the bell string on the metal gate.

The bell rang sharp, and the milkman turned his head.

His bike rack shook, and bottles clinked once more.

Bright bands returned to the stones and crossed Remy's shoes.

He held the ball and crossed the lane slowly.

A round dust mark stayed under the gate where it rolled.

He set the baseball in his bag.

清晨，自行車架上的玻璃瓶叮噹作響。

院子的大門上，小鈴鐺響了一下。

雷米把一顆棒球拿在鞋邊。

他看見它在低矮的金屬門下。

陽光打在門板縫上，亮光刺進他眼裡。

溫暖的空氣充滿安靜的小巷。

一道道亮帶落在縫隙上，把球遮住。

雷米想穿過那些亮帶，把手伸進去。

上方的樹葉在動，光線一變再變。

陰影掠過大門，接著陽光又回來。

他看完一整次明和暗的交替。

他決定在下一次柔和的陰影裡伸手。

雲朵移過去時，他一邊數呼吸。

奧托在旁邊抬起一個箱子，說：「今早外面真亮。」

陰影碰到縫隙時，雷米立刻壓低身子。

他的手指勾住棒球，把它拉了出來。

球撞到金屬門上的鈴繩。

鈴聲清脆一響，送奶工轉過頭來。

他的車架晃了一下，瓶子又叮噹作響。

亮帶又回到石板上，掠過雷米的鞋。

他拿著球，慢慢穿過小巷。

門下留著一個圓圓的灰印，球剛剛滾過。

他把棒球放進自己的袋子。