Genge Linaloinama Juu Yako

Polly anashuka zaidi. Kisha anaona kitu cha ajabu. Kuna anga kidogo kuliko mwanzo. Anatazama juu. Genge linaning'inia juu ya kichwa chake. Ni pana zaidi huko juu kuliko huku chini. Mji ulio juu hauonekani tena sasa.

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.

Bahari ilifanya hivi, polepole, kwa muda mrefu sana. Mawimbi yanapiga sehemu ya chini ya genge na kuuondoa mwamba. Kisha mwamba ulio juu hauna kitu cha kusimamia. Kando ya pwani hii bahari imetengeneza mapango makubwa katika magenge. Wimbi linapoingia pangoni, Polly anahisi sauti kupitia jiwe lililo chini ya miguu yake.

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.

Kwenye kingo za miamba chini yake kuna ndege wa rangi ya kijani iliyokolea. Wanasimama na mabawa yao yakiwa wazi kabisa ili kuyakausha upepoeni. Ndege hawa ni mnandi. Karibu nusu ya mnandi wote katika Bahari ya Mediterania nzima hujenga viota kando ya pwani hii na kwenye visiwa vidogo vilivyo pale.

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.

Ghafla mmoja wao anaanguka kutoka ukingo wake. Anaingia majini na karibu harushi maji kabisa. Polly anangoja. Ndege anakaa chini ya maji kwa muda mrefu. Anapotokea tena yuko mbali, na ana samaki.

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.