La Rueda Espera la Primavera
Polly ends her week at a quiet Coney Island, past a giant steel wheel from nineteen twenty and an old hot dog stand.
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Quiz ↓Un último vuelo mostró toda la semana al mismo tiempo: el puerto y su brazo alto, el puente, el parque verde y, al borde, una rueda gigante y quieta.
La rueda se construyó en la playa en mil novecientos veinte, hecha de acero, y nunca se ha movido. Todavía gira hoy. Casi todos los otros juegos ya estaban cerrados por la temporada, esperando la primavera.
Cerca de allí, un pequeño puesto todavía vendía perros calientes. Una pareja joven lo empezó hace mucho tiempo con muy poco dinero, vendiendo cada uno por cinco centavos, la mitad del precio de un puesto más grande cerca de allí.
Polly aterrizó en el paseo marítimo vacío. Los pájaros caminaban por la arena donde antes había gente. La rueda giró una vez más, y luego ella voló bajo sobre las olas.
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