Pečina, ki visi nad tabo

Polly gre globlje dol. Potem opazi nekaj čudnega. Neba je manj kot prej. Pogleda gor. Pečina visi čez njeno glavo. Zgoraj je širša kot tu spodaj. Mesta na vrhu zdaj ne vidi več.

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 naredilo morje, počasi, v zelo dolgem času. Valovi udarjajo ob dno pečine in odnašajo skalo. Potem skala zgoraj nima več na čem stati. Vzdolž te obale je morje v pečinah naredilo velike jame. Ko val pljuskne v jamo, Polly čuti zvok skozi kamen pod nogami.

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 policah pod njo so temno zelene ptice. Stojijo s široko razprtimi perutmi in jih sušijo v vetru. Te ptice so vranjeki. Skoraj polovica vseh vranjekov v celotnem Sredozemskem morju gnezdi ob tej obali in na majhnih otokih tam zunaj.

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.

Nenadoma eden od njih pade s police. Pade v vodo in skoraj nič ne pljusne. Polly čaka. Ptica dolgo ostane pod vodo. Ko spet pride gor, je daleč stran in ima ribo.

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.