Le Géant
The giant waves arrive, and a tiny rider flies down a wave as tall as a building.
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Quiz ↓Polly se réveille avant l'aube. La lanterne tremble. La mer est argentée. De grandes lignes d'eau marchent vers la plage, une par une. Chaque ligne est plus haute que la dernière.
Puis le géant arrive. Une vague monte et monte. Elle est plus haute qu'un immeuble. C'est une montagne grise avec un sommet blanc. Un jet-ski tire un cavalier sur la vague. Le petit cavalier vole sur la vague.
La vague explose. De l'eau blanche saute sur toute la falaise. Elle éclate sur le fort comme une pluie froide. Elle couvre les lunettes de Polly. Le bruit est comme un tonnerre sans fin.
Tout l'après-midi, les géants arrivent. Des animaux se tiennent sur la falaise, des chiens, des renards et des mouettes. Ils applaudissent chaque vague. Polly tient la lanterne rouge, mouillée et heureuse.
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