Hakuna Anayekubaliana

Chini zaidi, kuna mgeni mwingine kwenye vidato. Mbweha anapanda kutoka chini. Ana rula na daftari. Anasimama kila kidato na kukipima. Polly anasogea pembeni.

Further down, somebody else is on the steps. A fox comes up from below. She has a ruler and a notebook. She stops at every step and measures it. Polly moves to one side.

Vidato hivi vilichongwa kwa mkono. Hakuna vidato viwili vinavyofanana. Vingine ni vya juu. Vingine ni vya chini sana.

People cut these steps by hand. No two steps are the same. Some are high. Some are very low.

Hii ndiyo sehemu ya kuchekesha. Hakuna anayejua kuna vidato vingapi. Ofisi moja inasema mia moja themanini na saba. Ofisi nyingine inasema mia moja themanini na tisa. Zote mbili ni rasmi.

Here is the funny part. Nobody knows how many steps there are. One office says one hundred and eighty seven. Another office says one hundred and eighty nine. Both are official.

Polly anatazama chini mstari mrefu wa jiwe. Anaamua kuamini idadi kubwa zaidi.

Polly looks down the long line of stone. She decides to believe the bigger number.