Útes, ktorý sa nad tebou skláňa

Polly zíde nižšie. Potom si všimne niečo zvláštne. Neba je menej ako predtým. Pozrie sa hore. Útes jej visí nad hlavou. Hore je širší ako tu dole. Mesto na vrchole už nevidno.

Polly goes further down. Then she notices something strange. There is less sky than before. She looks up. The cliff hangs out over her head. It is wider up there than down here. The town at the top is out of sight now.

Urobilo to more, pomaly, za veľmi dlhý čas. Vlny bijú do spodku útesu a odnášajú skalu. Potom skala nad nimi nemá na čom stáť. Pozdĺž tohto pobrežia urobilo more v útesoch veľké jaskyne. Keď vlna vojde do jaskyne, Polly cíti ten zvuk cez kameň pod nohami.

The sea did this, slowly, over a very long time. Waves hit the bottom of the cliff and take the rock away. Then the rock above has nothing to stand on. Along this coast the sea has made big caves in the cliffs. When a wave goes into a cave, Polly feels the sound through the stone under her feet.

Na rímsach pod ňou sú tmavozelené vtáky. Stoja so široko roztvorenými krídlami, aby si ich vysušili vo vetre. Sú to kormorány chochlaté. Takmer polovica všetkých kormoránov chochlatých v celom Stredozemnom mori hniezdi pozdĺž tohto pobrežia a na malých ostrovoch neďaleko.

On the ledges below her there are dark green birds. They stand with their wings wide open to dry them in the wind. These birds are shags. Almost half of all the shags in the whole Mediterranean Sea nest along this coast and on the small islands out there.

Zrazu jeden z nich spadne z rímsy. Padne do vody a takmer nešplechne. Polly čaká. Vták zostane dlho pod vodou. Keď sa znova vynorí, je ďaleko a má rybu.

Suddenly one of them drops off its ledge. It falls into the water and makes almost no splash. Polly waits. The bird stays under a long time. When it comes up again it is far away, and it has a fish.