Den Lave Mur

Polly fløj over ørkenen i Arizona. Hun landede ved munden af en stor kløft. Men de røde vægge her var små. De var lige så høje som træerne.

Polly flew over the desert in Arizona. She landed at the mouth of a big canyon. But the red walls here were small. They were as tall as the trees.

En ravn sad i et træ. Denne kløft starter lille, sagde han. Så vokser den. Gå indenfor. Navajo-folket kalder dette sted Tséyiʼ. Det betyder inde i klippen.

A raven sat in a tree. This canyon starts small, he said. Then it grows. Walk inside. The Navajo people call this place Tséyiʼ. It means inside the rock.

Kløftens bund tilhører Navajo-nationen. Omkring fyrre familier bor her. De dyrker mad i sandet. Folk har boet her i mere end fire tusind år.

The canyon floor belongs to the Navajo Nation. About forty families live here. They grow food on the sand. People have lived here for more than four thousand years.

Polly kiggede ned gennem kløften. Væggene blev højere og højere. Hun ville se enden. Så hun blev der i syv dage.

Polly looked down the canyon. The walls got taller and taller. She wanted to see the end. So she stayed for seven days.