Campi d'acqua bianca
Polly follows the coast south to the salt pans of Sečovlje, where sea water dries into white salt and is raked by hand as it has been for more than seven hundred years.
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Polly ha volato verso sud lungo la costa. Vicino a un piccolo fiume, la terra era piatta. C'erano centinaia di vasche basse vicino al mare. Ogni vasca brillava come uno specchio. Sono le saline di Sečovlje. Qui si fa il sale da più di settecento anni.
L'acqua di mare entra nelle vasche. Per tutta l'estate il sole porta via l'acqua. Il sale resta. Polly è entrata in una vasca. L'acqua era tiepida e salata.
I salinai spingevano lunghi rastrelli di legno nell'acqua. Il sale bianco faceva piccoli mucchi. Lavorano a mano, come una volta.
Un salinaio le ha mostrato il fondo della vasca. Era scuro e liscio, come una pelle. Tiene giù il fango, così il sale resta bianco.
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