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 står mellem to søer. Stenene danner en cirkel på omkring hundrede og fire meter. Folk byggede den for omkring fire tusind år siden.

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

Der var omkring tres sten engang. Seksogtredive står der nu. Polly gik rundt om den udenfor. Ingen skrev ned, hvorfor cirklen er der.

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."

Så var det tid til at rejse. På havnekontoret sad der en skarv bag en disk. "Hvornår sejler færgen?" spurgte Polly. "Hvad koster det?" Så sagde hun: "Jeg vil gerne købe en billet, tak."

"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.

"Hvor lang tid tager overfarten?" spurgte hun til sidst. Om morgenen sejlede båden ud forbi det lave næs. Øerne sank bag den, én efter én.