Sequoiaen

Polly dro til Mariposa Grove. Der er det fullt av gigantiske sequoiaer. De er de største trærne i verden.

Polly went to Mariposa Grove. It is full of giant sequoias. They are the biggest trees in the world.

Sequoiabarken er ikke brun. Den er dyp oransje. Polly landet på en gren. Hun hakket på barken med nebbet sitt. Den var myk. Barken var veldig tykk. Den tykke barken beskytter treet mot brann.

Sequoia bark is not brown. It is deep orange. Polly landed on a branch. She pecked the bark with her beak. It was soft. The bark was very thick. The thick bark protects the tree from fire.

En familie gikk forbi. En liten jente sa: "Se, en papegøye!" Faren hennes sa: "Det er en leke." Polly rørte seg ikke.

A family walked past. A little girl said, "Look, a parrot!" Her father said, "It is a toy." Polly did not move.

Hun fløy opp i treet. På tretti meters høyde begynte grenene. De var tykke. Hun satte seg på en av dem. Toppen av treet var fortsatt langt over.

She flew up the tree. At thirty metres up, the branches started. They were thick. She perched on one. The top of the tree was still far above.

Det største treet het Grizzly Giganten. Det var omtrent 3000 år gammelt. Stammen var bredere enn en buss.

The biggest tree was called the Grizzly Giant. It was about 3,000 years old. Its trunk was wider than a bus.

Polly satte seg på stammen. Hun så opp.

Polly perched on the trunk. She looked up.

Tre tusen år. Treet var allerede gammelt da Roma var en liten landsby.

Three thousand years. The tree was already old when Rome was a small village.

Polly ble der lenge. Det var et gammelt brannmerke på stammen. Treet hadde overlevd mange branner.

Polly stayed a long time. There was an old fire mark on the trunk. The tree had survived many fires.

Et lite frø falt forbi henne. Sequoiafrø trenger brann for å vokse. Konglene åpner seg bare i varme. Nye trær vokser etter en brann.

A small seed fell past her. Sequoia seeds need fire to grow. The cones open only in heat. New trees grow after a burn.