Polja bele vode

Polly je letela ob obali proti jugu. Ob majhni reki je bilo kopno ravno. Ob morju je bilo na stotine plitvih bazenov. Vsak bazen se je svetil kot ogledalo. To so Sečoveljske soline. Ljudje tu delajo sol že več kot sedemsto let.

Polly flew south along the coast. By a small river, the land was flat. There were hundreds of shallow pools by the sea. Each pool shone like a mirror. These are the salt pans of Sečovlje. People have made salt here for more than seven hundred years.

Morska voda priteče v bazene. Vse poletje sonce jemlje vodo. Sol ostane. Polly je stopila v bazen. Voda je bila topla in slana.

Sea water comes into the pools. All summer the sun takes the water away. The salt stays. Polly walked into a pool. The water was warm and salty.

Solinarji so po vodi potiskali dolge lesene grablje. Bela sol je naredila majhne kupčke. Delajo z rokami, kot nekoč.

The salt workers pushed long wooden rakes through the water. The white salt made small hills. They work by hand, like long ago.

Solinar ji je pokazal dno bazena. Bilo je temno in gladko, kot koža. Blato drži spodaj, zato sol ostane bela.

A worker showed her the floor of the pool. It was dark and smooth, like skin. It keeps the mud down, so the salt stays white.