Litica koja se nadvija nad tobom

Polly se spušta niže. Onda primijeti nešto čudno. Neba je manje nego prije. Pogleda gore. Litica joj visi nad glavom. Gore je šira nego ovdje dolje. Grad na vrhu sada se više ne vidi.

Polly goes further down. Then she notices something strange. There is less sky than before. She looks up. The cliff hangs out over her head. It is wider up there than down here. The town at the top is out of sight now.

To je napravilo more, polako, kroz jako dugo vrijeme. Valovi udaraju o dno litice i odnose stijenu. Onda stijena iznad nema na čemu stajati. Duž ove obale more je u liticama napravilo velike špilje. Kad val uđe u špilju, Polly osjeti zvuk kroz kamen pod nogama.

The sea did this, slowly, over a very long time. Waves hit the bottom of the cliff and take the rock away. Then the rock above has nothing to stand on. Along this coast the sea has made big caves in the cliffs. When a wave goes into a cave, Polly feels the sound through the stone under her feet.

Na izbočinama ispod nje su tamnozelene ptice. Stoje širom raširenih krila da ih osuše na vjetru. Te ptice su morski vranci. Gotovo polovica svih morskih vranaca u cijelom Sredozemnom moru gnijezdi se uz ovu obalu i na malim otocima tamo vani.

On the ledges below her there are dark green birds. They stand with their wings wide open to dry them in the wind. These birds are shags. Almost half of all the shags in the whole Mediterranean Sea nest along this coast and on the small islands out there.

Odjednom jedan od njih padne s izbočine. Padne u vodu i gotovo uopće ne pljusne. Polly čeka. Ptica dugo ostane pod vodom. Kad opet izroni, daleko je i ima ribu.

Suddenly one of them drops off its ledge. It falls into the water and makes almost no splash. Polly waits. The bird stays under a long time. When it comes up again it is far away, and it has a fish.