Vremenske Zone

Četvrtog jutra, vlak je bio zapadno od Novosibirska. Polly je pogledala na sat. Pokazivao je 06:30. Sat se nije promijenio od Moskve.

On the fourth morning, the train was west of Novosibirsk. Polly looked at the clock. It said 06:30. The clock had not changed since Moscow.

Cijeli vlak vozi po moskovskom vremenu. Ne mijenja se sedam dana. Ne možete voditi dugi vlak s različitim vremenima na svakoj stanici.

The whole train runs on Moscow time. It does not change for seven days. You cannot run a long train with different times at each station.

Ali lokalno vrijeme vani bilo je 10:30. Sunce je bilo na nebu već šest sati.

But local time outside was 10:30. The sun had been up for six hours.

Polly je krenula pronaći vagon-restoran. Bio je tri vagona dalje. Skakutala je hodnikom.

Polly went to find the dining car. It was three carriages away. She hopped along the corridor.

Kondukteri u zelenim uniformama čitali su novine između stanica. Nisu se činili iznenađeni što vide papigu.

The conductors in green uniforms read newspapers between stations. They did not seem surprised to see a parrot.

Vagon-restoran imao je blijedoplave zidove i čipkaste zavjese. Polly je sjela na klupu kraj prozora.

The dining car had pale blue walls and lace curtains. Polly perched at a booth by the window.

Konobar joj je donio jelovnik. Nagnula je glavu. On je vratio jelovnik natrag. Zatim joj je donio mali tanjur. Kruh, maslac i tamna haringa.

A waiter brought her a menu. She tilted her head. He took the menu back. Then he brought her a small plate. Bread, butter, and dark herring.

"Pozdrav iz kuhinje," rekao je.

"Compliments of the kitchen," he said.

Haringa je bila slana. Kruh je bio kiselkast. Rusi ovo jedu u vlakovima već sto dvadeset godina.

The herring was salty. The bread was sour. Russians have been eating this on trains for a hundred and twenty years.

Vani je šuma postala otvorena travnata površina. Krave su pasle blizu male kuće. Čovjek na biciklu čekao je na željezničkom prijelazu.

Outside, the forest had become open grassland. Cows grazed near a small house. A man on a bicycle waited at a railway crossing.