Hestene i elvesengen

På den fjerde dagen hørte Polly torden. Men himmelen var blå. Hun så ned. Hester løp på sanden.

On the fourth day, Polly heard thunder. But the sky was blue. She looked down. Horses were running on the sand.

Polly fløy ved siden av en ung brun hest. Hvor skal du, spurte hun. Ingen steder, sa hesten. Vi bare løper her. Hester har bodd i denne kløften lenge.

Polly flew next to a young brown horse. Where are you going, she asked. Nowhere, said the horse. We just run here. Horses have lived in this canyon for a long time.

Sanden var myk og flat. Den var perfekt for å løpe. Lyden traff den ene veggen og kom tilbake fra den andre veggen. Tjue hester hørtes ut som to hundre.

The sand was soft and flat. It was perfect for running. The sound hit one wall and came back off the other wall. Twenty horses sounded like two hundred.

Så stoppet hestene. En liten bekk rant gjennom sanden. De drakk vannet. Polly satt ved siden av dem og sa ingenting.

Then the horses stopped. A small stream ran through the sand. They drank the water. Polly sat next to them and said nothing.