Over Uralbjergene

På den tredje morgen stoppede toget i Jekaterinburg.

On the third morning, the train stopped at Yekaterinburg.

Galina var taget afsted om natten. Pavel sov stadig. To nye passagerer var kommet ombord. En ung soldat og en ældre mand med en fiskekasse.

Galina had left in the night. Pavel was still asleep. Two new passengers had come on. A young soldier and an older man with a fishing tackle box.

Jekaterinburg er den største by i Uralbjergene. Uralbjergene deler Europa fra Asien. De er ikke høje, men de er meget gamle. De er 500 millioner år gamle. De er nogle af de ældste bjerge på Jorden.

Yekaterinburg is the biggest city in the Urals. The Ural Mountains divide Europe from Asia. They are not tall, but they are very old. They are 500 million years old. They are some of the oldest mountains on Earth.

Den Transsibiriske jernbane krydser Uralerne her. Der er en lille markering ved skinnerne. På den ene side står der EUROPA. På den anden side står der ASIEN.

The Trans-Siberian crosses the Urals here. There is a small marker by the tracks. One side says EUROPE. The other side says ASIA.

Den nye passager med fiskekassen åbnede den. Han lagde sine fiskelokker ud på bordet. Han arrangerede dem efter farve.

The new passenger with the tackle box opened it. He laid out his fishing lures on the table. He arranged them by colour.

"Hvor fisker du?" spurgte Polly.

"Where do you fish?" Polly asked.

"Bajkalsøen," sagde han. "Om tre dage. Omul. Bajkals fisk. Du finder den ikke andre steder i verden."

"Lake Baikal," he said. "In three days. Omul. The fish of Baikal. You will not find it anywhere else in the world."

Senere passerede toget markeringen i en lille lysning. EUROPA på den ene side. ASIEN på den anden. Tre turister vinkede til toget. Pavel vinkede tilbage fra indersiden.

Later, the train passed the marker in a small clearing. EUROPE on one side. ASIA on the other. Three tourists waved at the train. Pavel waved back from inside.

Toget havde krydset et kontinent, som man krydser en lille gade.

The train had crossed a continent the way you cross a small street.