Moving a Boat with a Garden Hose - 適合初級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

A blue barrel stood two steps from the back door.

A small boat floated in the middle, just out of reach.

Rosa leaned over the rim and stretched her arm.

The boat slid away, and the rainwater rocked and slapped.

Keane wanted to retrieve it, but his hand stayed short.

Warm light lay on the steps and on their sleeves.

A cloud slid across the sun, and cool shade covered them.

The cloud passed; warm air touched their bare forearms.

Soft drips tapped inside the metal gutter above.

Two sparrows frolic in a shallow puddle by the path.

Keane looked at the hose by the sunny wall.

"It sits near the middle," Rosa said, pointing.

Keane lifted the warm hose and bent its soft end.

He slid the end into the barrel and waited.

Shade covered them again, and the surface settled to a quiet sheet.

He turned the tap a little; a thin stream came.

The stream nudged the boat toward the rim.

Rosa reached down and held the side.

She lifted the boat and set it on the step.

離後門兩步遠擺著一個藍色大桶。

一艘小船漂在正中間，剛好伸手碰不到。

Rosa 趴在桶邊，把手臂伸出去。

小船滑開了，桶裡的雨水晃動拍打。

Keane 想把它取回來，但他的手還是不夠長。

溫暖的光落在台階上，也落在他們的衣袖。

一片雲掠過太陽，涼爽的陰影蓋住他們。

雲飄走了；溫熱的空氣輕碰他們裸露的前臂。

上方金屬排水槽裡傳來柔和的滴答聲。

兩隻麻雀在小徑旁淺水灘裡嬉戲。

Keane 看向曬太陽的牆邊那條水管。

「它就在中間附近。」Rosa 指著說。

Keane 拿起溫熱的水管，彎折那柔軟的管口。

他把管口滑進桶裡，然後等著。

陰影又覆上來，水面慢慢平靜成一片。

他把水龍頭轉小一點；一股細水流出來。

水流輕推小船，讓它靠向桶邊。

Rosa 俯身抓住船身一邊。

她把小船提起，放到台階上。