The Circle and the Morning Boat

The Ring of Brodgar stands between two lochs. The stones make a circle about one hundred and four metres across. People built it about four thousand years ago.

Ring of Brodgar stojí mezi dvěma jezery. Kameny tvoří kruh široký asi sto čtyři metry. Lidé ho postavili asi před čtyřmi tisíci lety.

There were around sixty stones once. Thirty-six are standing now. Polly walked around the outside. Nobody wrote down why the circle is there.

Kdysi tu bylo kolem šedesáti kamenů. Třicet šest jich stojí dodnes. Polly obešla kruh zvenku. Nikdo nezapsal, proč ten kruh vznikl.

Then it was time to leave. At the harbour office there was a shag behind a counter. "What time does the ferry leave?" Polly asked. "How much does this cost?" Then she said, "I would like to buy a ticket, please."

Pak byl čas odjet. V přístavní kanceláři stál za pultem kormorán. „V kolik hodin odjíždí trajekt?“ zeptala se Polly. „Kolik to stojí?“ Pak řekla: „Chtěla bych si koupit lístek, prosím.“

"How long does the crossing take?" she asked last. In the morning the boat went out past the low headland. The islands went down behind it, one by one.

„Jak dlouho trvá plavba?“ zeptala se nakonec. Ráno loď vyplula kolem nízkého mysu. Orkneje za ní klesaly jeden po druhém.