Warm Water Shatters the Garden Ice in a Saucer - 適合中級的英文短篇故事，含中譯與發音

Bea and Lucia spent a bright, cold morning in the small garden.

Warm air rose from the stone path, and a damp earth smell sat low.

Bea held a small watering can filled with warm water, and Lucia stood beside her.

The can’s adjustable rose clicked tighter.

A thin thread of steam lifted from the spout.

Bea tipped the can, and warm water darkened the narrow soil between small leaves.

A pale crust on the surface held the pour back.

It softened under the heat.

On a clay saucer near the compost, a thin skin of ice lay flat.

Sunlight touched it, and a faint line ran from edge to center.

Tiny beads formed on the clay, where cold met the warm air.

Runoff from Bea’s row slid along a low path and reached the saucer by itself.

The warm trickle touched the ice, which cracked and shattered with a soft, quick tinkle.

A small stream split away from the row and left a dark stripe across the path stones.

Steam rose from the saucer.

It curled past Lucia’s pocket, where a small potpourri bag rested.

Warmth woke its dried petals, and a mild spice smell met the damp air.

Bea set a tiny clay model beet as a row marker back on the soil edge.

The little beet no longer felt cool; the sun had warmed its round back.

A speck of soil floated on a loose ice piece and turned slowly in place.

Water still sank into the bed, and thin shards drifted on the saucer.

A last warm drop tapped.

Bea 和 Lucia 在小小的菜園裡度過一個明亮又寒冷的早晨。

石徑升起微微的暖氣，潮濕泥土的氣味貼在地面。

Bea 拿著一把裝著溫水的小澆水壺，Lucia 站在她身邊。

澆水壺的可調噴頭扣得更緊。

噴口飄出一縷細細的白氣。

Bea 傾斜壺身，溫水把小葉子間那一道細土澆得更深色。

表面有一層淡淡的結皮，先擋住了水流。

它在熱度下慢慢變軟。

堆肥旁的一只陶碟上，鋪著一層薄薄的冰皮。

陽光碰到它，一條淡淡的細痕從邊緣跑向中心。

冷意遇上暖空氣，陶面冒出細小的水珠。

Bea 那一行流出的水順著低窪滑行，自己流到了陶碟。

溫熱的小水流一碰到冰，冰便裂開，輕快地碎裂出細細的聲響。

有一股細流從畦邊分開，在石徑上留下一道深色的水痕。

陶碟上升起白霧。

白霧繞過 Lucia 的口袋，那裡放著一個小香袋。

溫度喚起裡頭乾花瓣，淡淡的辛香碰上潮濕的空氣。

Bea 把一個小小的陶土甜菜模型，當作行標，放回土邊。

那顆小甜菜不再冰涼；陽光把它圓圓的背部烘得暖暖的。

一點小泥點漂在一片鬆落的冰上，慢慢原地轉動。

水仍然往畦裡滲，薄冰片在陶碟上飄移。

最後一滴溫水輕輕敲了一下。