The Circle and the Morning Boat

The Ring of Brodgar stands between two lochs. The stones make a circle about one hundred and four metres across. People built it about four thousand years ago.

Kruh Brodgar stojí medzi dvoma jazerami. Kamene tvoria kruh široký asi sto štyri metrov. Ľudia ho postavili asi pred štyritisíc rokmi.

There were around sixty stones once. Thirty-six are standing now. Polly walked around the outside. Nobody wrote down why the circle is there.

Kedysi tu stálo okolo šesťdesiat kameňov. Dnes ich stojí tridsaťšesť. Polly obišla kruh zvonka. Nikto nezapísal, prečo tam ten kruh je.

Then it was time to leave. At the harbour office there was a shag behind a counter. "What time does the ferry leave?" Polly asked. "How much does this cost?" Then she said, "I would like to buy a ticket, please."

Potom bol čas odísť. V prístavnej kancelárii sedel za pultom kormorán. "O koľkej odchádza trajekt?" spýtala sa Polly. "Koľko to stojí?" Potom povedala: "Chcela by som si kúpiť lístok, prosím."

"How long does the crossing take?" she asked last. In the morning the boat went out past the low headland. The islands went down behind it, one by one.

"Ako dlho trvá plavba?" spýtala sa nakoniec. Ráno loď vyplávala popri nízkom výbežku. Ostrovy klesali za ňou, jeden po druhom.