The Sequoia

Polly went to Mariposa Grove. It is full of giant sequoias. They are the biggest trees in the world.

Polly je otišla u Mariposa Grove. Tamo je puno divovskih sekvoja. To su najveća stabla na svijetu.

Sequoia bark is not brown. It is deep orange. Polly landed on a branch. She pecked the bark with her beak. It was soft. The bark was very thick. The thick bark protects the tree from fire.

Kora sekvoje nije smeđa. Duboko je narančasta. Polly je sletjela na granu. Kljunom je kljucnula koru. Bila je mekana. Kora je bila vrlo debela. Debela kora štiti stablo od požara.

A family walked past. A little girl said, "Look, a parrot!" Her father said, "It is a toy." Polly did not move.

Obitelj je prošla pored. Mala djevojčica je rekla: "Pogledaj, papiga!" Njezin otac je rekao: "To je igračka." Polly se nije pomaknula.

She flew up the tree. At thirty metres up, the branches started. They were thick. She perched on one. The top of the tree was still far above.

Poletjela je uz stablo. Na trideset metara visine počele su grane. Bile su debele. Sletjela je na jednu. Vrh stabla još je bio daleko iznad.

The biggest tree was called the Grizzly Giant. It was about 3,000 years old. Its trunk was wider than a bus.

Najveće stablo zvalo se Grizzly Giant. Bilo je staro oko 3.000 godina. Njegovo deblo bilo je šire od autobusa.

Polly perched on the trunk. She looked up.

Polly je sletjela na deblo. Pogledala je gore.

Three thousand years. The tree was already old when Rome was a small village.

Tri tisuće godina. Stablo je već bilo staro kad je Rim bio malo selo.

Polly stayed a long time. There was an old fire mark on the trunk. The tree had survived many fires.

Polly je ostala dugo vremena. Na deblu je bio stari trag požara. Stablo je preživjelo mnoge požare.

A small seed fell past her. Sequoia seeds need fire to grow. The cones open only in heat. New trees grow after a burn.

Malo sjeme palo je pored nje. Sjemenke sekvoje trebaju vatru da bi rasle. Češeri se otvaraju samo na toplini. Nova stabla rastu nakon požara.