A Heavy Drop Bends the Stem - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Cleo’s knees press the soft cushion.

One foot tucks under her.

Fine dust glows on the sill.

A pale water ring marks the wood.

She faces the foggy window.

She looks through the glass.

Outside, a bumblebee moves past.

A faint dusty smell hangs near the frame.

The glass stays cloudy in spots.

Shapes blur.

Grey light spreads over wet trails.

She steps along the seat.

She stops at the curtain gap.

She looks through the gap.

Raindrops race.

One heavy drop tugs a stem.

The thin stem bends low.

A small seed hangs there.

The bumblebee slows near it.

“It is very close,” Cleo says.

Cleo turns to the doorway.

Zara sits at the far end.

Zara presses.

She presses a sticker on the glass.

“This one peels easily,” Zara says.

Cleo looks through the doorway’s frame.

Rain taps steady on the glass.

Cleo 把膝蓋壓在柔軟的坐墊上。

一隻腳收在身下。

細灰在窗台上微微發亮。

淺色的水圈留在木頭上。

她面向起霧的窗。

她隔著玻璃看出去。

外面有一隻大黃蜂飛過。

窗框邊飄著淡淡的灰塵味。

玻璃有幾處一直霧著。

形狀變得模糊。

灰光鋪在濕痕上。

她沿著座位挪過去。

她停在窗簾與牆的縫。

她從那道縫往外看。

雨滴在往下追。

一滴沉重的雨滴拉住一根莖。

細細的莖向下彎著。

一粒小種子掛在那裡。

大黃蜂在旁邊放慢了。

「它好近啊。」Cleo 說。

Cleo 轉向門口的開口。

Zara 坐在窗邊的另一頭。

Zara 用力一按。

她把貼紙按在玻璃上。

「這張很好撕下。」Zara 說。

Cleo 從門框那裡望過去。

雨水穩穩地在玻璃上敲打。