The Old Story

Up close Polly looks at the steps again. They are very steep, almost like a ladder. Every step is a little different. She hops down the first few.

Izbliza Polly opet gleda stepenice. Vrlo su strme, skoro kao ljestve. Svaka stepenica je malo drugačija. Ona skače dolje preko prvih nekoliko.

There is an old story about the steps. People say that soldiers came to attack the town long ago. They say the soldiers cut all the steps in one night.

Postoji stara priča o stepenicama. Ljudi kažu da su davno vojnici došli napasti grad. Kažu da su vojnici isklesali sve stepenice u jednoj noći.

It is a good story. But it is probably not true. You cannot cut two hundred steps into hard rock in one night. And there were guards here. They would see the work.

To je dobra priča. Ali vjerojatno nije istinita. Ne možeš isklesati dvjesto stepenica u tvrdoj stijeni u jednoj noći. A ovdje su bili stražari. Oni bi vidjeli taj posao.

Polly sits down on a step. A big seabird flies past below her. It flies very low over the water. It does not move its wings.

Polly sjedne na jednu stepenicu. Velika morska ptica leti ispod nje. Leti vrlo nisko iznad vode. Ne miče krilima.