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Longer stories about daily life, past and future.
- 통행료를 받는 다리 Polly walks the Brooklyn Bridge, where workers got sick building it underwater, and elephants once proved... ? Quiz included Audio
- 일부러 기른 잔디 Polly learns that Central Park was built by hand on blasted rock, and that real sheep once ate the grass... Audio
- 정육면체 똥을 만드는 동물 Wombats make cube shaped poop, and now we know why. Audio
- 날면서 잠을 자는 새 Frigatebirds fly for many days and sleep only a little. Audio
- 한 나라 전체가 먹는 점심 In the Dominican Republic, everyone eats the same lunch at the same time. Audio
- 화산이 요리한 저녁 In the Azores, people cook food inside a hot volcano. Audio
- 마지막 기차 Tomas misses the last train in Tokyo and sleeps in a tiny room. Audio
- 빈 컵 On his first day, Pedro drinks from a cup that is not his. Audio
- 번호 마흔일곱 Carla waits a long time at the clinic for a small cut. Audio
- 리스본에서 길을 잃다 Sofía gets lost in Lisbon and a woman helps her with a map. Audio
- 발코니가 있는 방 Marcos gets a hotel room with a nice balcony. Audio
- 혼자를 위한 테이블 Mia eats alone in a small restaurant, and the waiter helps her choose. Audio
- 한때 금만큼 비쌌던 향신료 Saffron comes from tiny flower threads picked by hand, and for most of history a pound of it cost about the... Audio
- 여름마다 사라지는 호수 In Slovenia, a huge lake fills a valley in winter and then vanishes underground every summer, leaving... Audio
- 하얀 지붕과 긴 성벽 At Kanazawa Castle, Polly finds long stone walls and roofs made of lead that look white. Audio
- 구십 초짜리 비행 A tiny plane hops between two Orkney islands in Scotland on the shortest scheduled flight in the world. Audio
- 아이스크림에 금을 올리는 도시 Kanazawa in Japan makes almost all of the country's gold leaf, and wraps whole sheets of it around soft ice... Audio
- 콘월에 왈라비가 돌아다녀요 A small Australian kangaroo has been hopping around an English market town for days, and nobody knows where... Audio
- 소리치지 않으면 정류장을 놓쳐요 A shared minibus with no bell and no screen, where the only way off is to say so out loud, early and twice. Audio
- 우리 집 옆 공원 A squirrel describes the small park next to its tree: the pigeons by the benches, Mr. Badger and his bread,... Audio
- 문어와 세 개의 심장 The octopus is a clever sea animal with three hearts and blue blood. Audio
- 바다 밑 케이블 Long cables under the ocean carry almost all of the information that travels between countries. Audio
- 마라톤이라는 긴 경주 The marathon is a very long running race with a curious and surprising history. Audio
- 커피는 어디에서 올까요 Coffee begins as a red fruit on a green plant and travels far before it fills a cup. Audio
- 밤 기차에서 잠자기 Night trains in Europe carry travelers between cities while they sleep in cozy beds. Audio
- 아마존, 가장 큰 강 The Amazon is the river that carries the most water in the world. Audio
- 꿀벌은 어떻게 꿀을 만들까요 Honeybees turn sweet flower nectar into golden honey through hard teamwork in the hive. Audio
- 긴 비단길 The Silk Road was a famous trade route that linked China with Europe for many centuries. Audio
- 이탈리아에서는 라떼를 주문하지 마세요 In Italy, the word latte does not mean coffee. One small word can bring you a big surprise. Audio
- 시계 속의 작은 새 In Germany's Black Forest, carved wooden cuckoo clocks call out every hour while children wait and laugh. Audio
- 폭포를 오르는 물고기 In Hawaii, a fish smaller than your finger climbs up waterfalls taller than buildings, using its mouth as a... Audio
- 죽는 것이 금지된 마을 When a small Italian town ran out of space in its cemetery, the mayor signed an order telling people not to... Audio
- 끝나지 않는 점심 In Spain, the best part of lunch starts when the food is finished. It even has its own name. Audio
- 버스를 타는 고양이 Every morning a cat climbs onto the same city bus, watches the streets go by, and gets off at his own stop. Audio
- 마을의 첫 번째 불빛 While the whole village sleeps, one window glows: the baker lights the oven so fresh bread will be ready by... Audio
- 김과 작은 접시 A first night at a Taipei night market, where pointing, smiling, and one brave question buy a very good... Audio
- 소리 내서 드세요, 그게 예의예요 In Japan, slurping your noodles loudly is not rude, it is a sign that you are enjoying the meal. Audio
- 거꾸로 떨어지는 폭포 On very windy days, strong gusts can blow a Norwegian waterfall's spray back up into the sky. Audio
- 돌의 원과 아침 배 The Ring of Brodgar at dusk, then the small practical business of leaving an island, done in four sentences... Audio
- 구십일 곡식 In a bar in Kirkwall, a flat dark bannock turns out to be the reason the islands were farmable at all. Audio
- 암초 위의 모임 Grey seals are hauling out on the low rocks before the pupping season, and the questions Polly has been... Audio
- 가진 것으로 지은 것 On Lamb Holm, two army huts hold a chapel that prisoners of war made out of scrap, and the only honest... Audio
- 폭풍 아래의 마을 At the Bay of Skaill, a guide with a carrying voice explains a village that a storm returned to the light... Audio
- 난롯가의 의자 A guesthouse above the harbour, an argument about what counts as a quiet room, and a chair whose whole... Audio
- 배가 들어오다 Polly lands at Stromness off the morning boat and works out, one question at a time, how a place with no... Audio
- 분홍색은 없어요 Pink has no wavelength of its own; it is a color the brain invents when the eyes see red and blue light... Audio
- 당신은 지금 빛나고 있어요 The human body constantly emits an extremely faint light, invisible to the eye but detectable with a... Audio
- 안개가 그녀의 뒤를 닫는다 On her last afternoon, Polly flies high over the island before fog rolls in and hides it behind her. Audio
- 화산에 연결된 마을 Polly learns that the same volcano heat that cooked lunch also warms a big public pool and heats homes in... Audio
- 새벽에 묻은 저녁밥 Polly watches a cook bury pots of food in the ground, where the volcano's heat cooks dinner with no fire. Audio
- 하나의 분화구, 두 가지 색 Polly finds a huge old crater with two lakes, one blue and one green, joined together under a strip of land. Audio
- 두 번이나 사라진 줄 알았던 새 Polly looks for the priolo, a tiny grey and pink bird that lives only in one forest and was once thought to... Audio
- 유럽에 남은 마지막 두 정원 Polly finds one of the only two tea farms left in Europe, started after the island's orange trees died. Audio
- 아홉 개의 섬, 세 개의 판 Polly arrives over São Miguel, the biggest of the nine Azores islands, made of black rock, green fields,... Audio
- 폴리, 버스를 타다 Polly's first bus ride: does this bus go downtown, one ticket, how much, where do I get off, next stop,... Audio
- 폴리, 길을 묻다 Polly is lost on the way to the library and asks an owl for directions: excuse me, where is it, is it far,... Audio
- 폴리, 커피를 주문하다 Polly's first cafe order: good afternoon, a coffee with milk, do you have churros, the check please, how... Audio
- 폴리, 시장에 가다 Berta takes Polly to the market. Polly buys fruit for the first time: what is this, two apples, how much, a... Audio
- 폴리, 새 이웃을 만나다 Polly moves to a new street and meets Berta the bear. First greetings: hello, your name, nice to meet you,... Audio
- 가장 건조한 곳을 오르다 Polly arrives at a big observatory in the Atacama, the driest desert in the world. Audio
- 블라디보스토크 Polly arrives in Vladivostok and flies off over the Pacific Ocean. Audio
- 아무르강 Polly reaches the Amur River and meets a rare crane on the sixth day of the Trans-Siberian. Audio
- 바이칼 호수 Polly spends a day on the train along Lake Baikal, the deepest and oldest lake on Earth. Audio
- 우랄 산맥을 넘어서 Polly crosses the Ural Mountains, the line between Europe and Asia, on the Trans-Siberian train. Audio
- 자작나무 숲 Polly watches Russian birch forests from the Trans-Siberian train and learns that forty percent of Russia... Audio
- 야로슬라브스키 역 Polly boards the Trans-Siberian train at Moscow and begins her seven-day journey to Vladivostok. Audio
- 파스타에게 작별 인사 Polly says goodbye to Pasta the octopus and flies out of Naples. Audio
- 스스로 편집하는 생물 Polly learns that octopuses can change their own nervous systems by editing RNA in real time. Audio
- 피자와 긴 점심시간 Polly has lunch with Chiara at a Neapolitan pizzeria and learns about traditional Neapolitan pizza. Audio
- 보는 피부 Polly learns that octopus skin can sense colours even though octopus eyes cannot. Audio
- 생각하는 몸 Polly watches an octopus solve a maze with two arms working independently. Audio
- 나폴리 만 Polly arrives in Naples and meets a giant Pacific octopus at the world's oldest marine biology institute. Audio
- 계곡을 떠나며 Polly says goodbye to Ranger Tomas and flies west out of Yosemite. Audio
- 빙하 포인트 위의 은하수 Polly watches the Milky Way at Glacier Point and looks through a telescope at the centre of our galaxy. Audio
- 하프 돔 Polly flies up Half Dome on warm air with a flock of swifts, sees the summit, then glides back down. Audio
- 다이빙 매 Polly tries to copy a peregrine falcon's dive, learning what makes the falcon the fastest animal in the world. Audio
- 세쿼이아 Polly visits a giant sequoia nearly 3,000 years old and learns about its fireproof bark. Audio
- 레인저 토마스와 함께 타기 Polly spends the morning in Ranger Tomas's truck, learning about bear feeding and peregrine falcon nests. Audio
- 계곡 위에서 Polly flies into Yosemite Valley, watches climbers on El Capitan, and rides the shuttle bus at dusk. Audio
- 계피 향기 A new neighbor leaves a small surprise outside her door. Audio
- 인내심 2킬로그램 A first trip to the local market with a vendor who refuses to let her leave with the wrong tomatoes. Audio