Paper Cup Frees a Muddy Park Ball - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Cut grass smells strong by the bench.

A swing chain creaks near the bench.

Yvette sits on the far bench.

Her arm reaches under the hedge.

A red ball rests in mud.

It sits by a stepping stone.

Margot kneels on the grass.

Her palm presses the rough stone.

A thin crack holds old mud.

"I see it," Margot says.

She reaches in with a twig.

She taps the ball.

It makes a small jump.

It stays in the crack.

A crumpled paper cup sits on the grass.

Margot dips it in the fountain puddle.

Water runs into the crack.

Mud loosens around the ball.

Ducks quack.

She pushes with the twig again.

The ball slips out and rolls.

It rolls.

It bumps off the stone onto grass.

A white seed lands on her sleeve.

Yvette picks up the ball.

"Thank you, Margot," Yvette says.

A squirrel leaps through the hedge gap.

長椅旁有一股新割草的氣味。

長椅旁的盪鞦韆鐵鍊嘎吱作響。

Yvette 坐在遠處的長椅上。

她的手臂伸到樹籬下面。

一顆紅色的球卡在爛泥裡。

它靠在一塊踏石旁。

Margot 跪在草地上。

她的手掌按住粗糙的石頭。

一道細縫裡留著舊泥。

Margot 說：「我看見了。」

她用一根樹枝伸進去。

她輕敲那顆球。

它小小地跳一下。

它還在那道縫裡。

草地上有一個皺巴巴的紙杯。

Margot 把它沾一下飲水台旁的水窪。

水流進那道縫裡。

泥巴在球邊鬆開。

鴨子嘎嘎叫。

她又用樹枝推一下。

球滑出來並開始滾動。

它繼續滾動。

它撞開石邊，滾到草上。

一粒白色的種子落在她的袖子上。

Yvette 把球撿起來。

Yvette 說：「謝謝你，Margot。」

一隻松鼠從樹籬的缺口一躍而過。