Wind Moves a Feather, Water Holds It - 適合初學者的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

A feather spirals down by the fence.

Otto sits on the flat stone.

His knees press the cool edge.

Fine grit rubs his knees.

A snail trail shines on it.

Grass and earth smell fresh.

Sunlight warms the top rail.

Dew dots still cling to wood.

Otto gathers three loose feathers.

Feathers are soft.

One is small and white.

He sets it at the left.

It is light.

The next is long and gray.

He lines it in the middle.

The third is wide and brown.

He places it on the right.

A fourth, speckled, waits on grass.

He lifts it by the tip.

Its edge shows tiny lines.

A light wind slides through the gap.

It lifts the tiny white one.

The feather floats off the stone.

Water drips from the tipped bucket.

A small metal dish catches it.

"A neat row," the grown-up says.

The grown-up’s voice stays low.

Otto dips two fingers in the dish.

He dots the stone with water.

The wet patch holds like glue.

He presses the white feather there.

The damp spot helps capture it.

Another feather drifts from the rail.

It lands on the wet dot and sticks.

一根羽毛在籬柵旁旋著落下。

Otto坐在平坦的石頭上。

他的膝蓋壓著涼涼的邊緣。

細小的砂粒磨著他的膝蓋。

石面上有一道發亮的蝸牛痕。

草和泥土帶著清新的氣味。

陽光曬暖了上面的欄桿。

露珠一點一點黏在木頭上。

Otto撿起三根散落的羽毛。

羽毛很柔軟。

有一根小小的白色羽毛。

他把它放在左邊。

它很輕。

下一根又長又灰。

他把它排在中間。

第三根又寬又棕。

他把它放在右邊。

第四根有斑點，還在草上。

他捏著羽尖把它提起。

它的邊緣有細細的紋路。

一陣輕風從縫隙溜過。

它托起那根小小的白羽毛。

羽毛離開石頭飄起來。

傾倒的金屬桶滴著水。

一只小金屬盤接住了水滴。

大人說：「一列真整齊。」

大人的聲音壓得很低。

Otto把兩根手指沾進那只盤裡。

他在石頭上點出幾滴水。

濕的地方像膠一樣黏住。

他把那根白羽毛按在那裡。

潮濕的小點幫忙把它固定住。

又有一根羽毛從欄桿那邊飄來。

它落在濕點上，黏住不動。