La pierre descend la rivière
Polly learns that the blue stone came down from the mountains, and that it has a name.
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Quiz ↓La pierre bleue ne vient pas de la mer. Elle descend la rivière.
Les rivières portent des pierres depuis les montagnes. Alors deux hommes marchent le long de la rivière. Ils cherchent l'endroit. C'était en mille neuf cent soixante-quatorze. Haut dans les montagnes, ils trouvent une roche noire. Dans la roche noire, il y a du bleu.
Un homme s'appelle Miguel Méndez. Sa fille s'appelle Larissa. En espagnol, le mot pour mer est mar. Alors il donne un nom à la pierre: larimar.
D'autres personnes voient la pierre bleue avant lui. Mais personne ne sait ce que c'est. Polly regarde la montagne verte au-dessus d'elle.
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