La tour entre deux mers
Polly climbs the one hundred and forty-six wooden steps of Piran's bell tower, a small copy of the one in Venice, and sees the town lying between a sea of water and a sea of salt.
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Polly est revenue en ville. Sur la colline, il y a un haut clocher à côté de l'église. C'est une copie de la célèbre tour de Venise. On l'a construit il y a plus de quatre cents ans.
À l'intérieur, il y a cent quarante-six marches en bois. Polly a sauté sur chaque marche. En haut, il y avait les grosses cloches. Le vent sentait le sel.
La ville était sous elle. Les toits orange descendaient jusqu'à la mer. La place blanche brillait comme une petite lune. D'un côté, il y avait seulement la mer bleue.
De l'autre côté, très loin, les salines brillaient en blanc. L'eau d'un côté, le sel de l'autre. Le goéland avait raison. C'est le sel qui a construit cette ville.
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