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.

Brodgarski krog stoji med dvema jezeroma. Kamni delajo krog s premerom približno sto štirih metrov. Ljudje so ga postavili pred kakimi štiri tisoč leti.

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

Nekoč je bilo kamnov okoli šestdeset. Danes jih stoji šestintrideset. Polly je hodila okoli njega po zunanji strani. Nihče ni zapisal, zakaj krog stoji tam.

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."

Potem je bil čas za odhod. V pristaniški pisarni je za pultom sedel vranjek."Kdaj odpelje trajekt?"je vprašala Polly."Koliko to stane?"Potem je rekla:"Rada bi kupila vozovnico, prosim."

"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.

"Koliko časa traja vožnja?"je vprašala nazadnje. Zjutraj je ladja odplula mimo nizkega rtiča. Otoki so tonili za njo, eden za drugim.