Upande Tulivu

Kijito kidogo huyagawa mashamba ya chumvi. Upande wa pili kuna sehemu ya zamani. Hakuna mtu anayetengeneza chumvi huko sasa. Mimea mifupi hukua ndani ya vidimbwi vya zamani. Safu za nyumba za zamani za mawe zimesimama kando ya mifereji.

A small stream divides the salt pans. On the other side is the old part. No one makes salt there now. Low plants grow in the old pools. Rows of old stone houses stand by the canals.

Sasa ndege wanaishi hapa. Polly aliingia ndani ya kidimbwi kisicho na kina. Yangeyange weupe wenye miguu mirefu myeusi walisimama karibu naye. Polly alisimama tuli kabisa. Karibu aina mia tatu za ndege huja kwenye mashamba haya.

Now the birds live here. Polly walked into a shallow pool. White egrets with long black legs stood around her. Polly stood very still. Nearly three hundred kinds of birds come to these pans.

Katika nyumba ya zamani kuna jumba dogo la makumbusho. Polly aliona reki za zamani za mbao, vikapu na miiko.

In an old house there is a small museum. Polly saw old wooden rakes, baskets and scoops.

Wafanyakazi wa chumvi husema, chumvi hutengenezwa wakati wa baridi. Wakati wa baridi wanatengeneza kuta na mifereji. Kisha kiangazi kinaweza kuleta chumvi. Polly alifikiri kwamba ni shamba lenye subira sana.

The salt workers say, salt is made in winter. In winter they fix the walls and the channels. Then summer can bring the salt. Polly thought it was a very patient farm.