Samlingen på skjærene
Grey seals are hauling out on the low rocks before the pupping season, and the questions Polly has been taught to ask about families turn out to be the wrong shape for them.
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Båten til skjærene er kort. Skjærene er lave og våte. Gråseler lå over hele dem. De gjorde ingenting.
Polly valgte en stor sel. "Hvor mange er dere i familien din?" spurte hun. Han tenkte lenge. Alle på dette skjæret, sa han. Og alle på det neste.
"Har du noen brødre eller søstre?" Nesten helt sikkert, sa han. Han visste ikke hvilke. Orknøyene får omtrent tjueto tusen selunger hvert år.
Polly prøvde en setning. "Jeg vil bruke tid med familien min i dag." Det hørtes rart ut her. Så prøvde hun: "Selv om vi bor langt fra hverandre, holder vi alltid kontakten." Den er nærmere, sa selen.
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