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Longer stories about daily life, past and future.
- Krokodyle w słonej wodzie There are hundreds of crocodiles in the salty lake, and the lake once grew and covered farms and roads. Audio
- Jezioro poniżej morza Polly finds a big salty lake in a dry valley, with old coral in the rocks around it. Audio
- Wzgórze pełne dziur Men dig the blue stone out of the hill by hand, because machines would break it. Audio
- Woda, która stała się twarda Inside the grey rock there is blue stone, and it comes from only one place in the world. Audio
- Kamień spłynął rzeką Polly learns that the blue stone came down from the mountains, and that it has a name. Audio
- Niebieski kamień na plaży Polly flies along a coast between mountains and the sea, and finds a strange blue stone. Audio
- Plaża, na której nic nie ma Polly finds a long empty beach in a national park, and then she flies home. Audio
- Zwierzę, które robi kostki Wombats make cube shaped poop, and now we know why. Audio
- Ten ptak śpi podczas lotu Frigatebirds fly for many days and sleep only a little. Audio
- Obiad całego kraju In the Dominican Republic, everyone eats the same lunch at the same time. Audio
- Jak pszczoły robią miód Honeybees turn sweet flower nectar into golden honey through hard teamwork in the hive. Audio
- Długa droga jedwabiu The Silk Road was a famous trade route that linked China with Europe for many centuries. Audio
- Amazonka, największa rzeka The Amazon is the river that carries the most water in the world. Audio
- Ośmiornica i jej trzy serca The octopus is a clever sea animal with three hearts and blue blood. Audio
- Kable pod morzem Long cables under the ocean carry almost all of the information that travels between countries. Audio
- Pierwsze światło we wsi While the whole village sleeps, one window glows: the baker lights the oven so fresh bread will be ready by... Audio
- Mały ptak w zegarze In Germany's Black Forest, carved wooden cuckoo clocks call out every hour while children wait and laugh. Audio
- Miasteczko, w którym zabroniono umierać When a small Italian town ran out of space in its cemetery, the mayor signed an order telling people not to... Audio
- Kot, który jeździ autobusem Every morning a cat climbs onto the same city bus, watches the streets go by, and gets off at his own stop. Audio
- Ryba, która wspina się po wodospadach In Hawaii, a fish smaller than your finger climbs up waterfalls taller than buildings, using its mouth as a... Audio
- Para i małe talerzyki A first night at a Taipei night market, where pointing, smiling, and one brave question buy a very good... Audio
- Kolacja ugotowana przez wulkan In the Azores, people cook food inside a hot volcano. Audio
- Ostatni pociąg Tomas misses the last train in Tokyo and sleeps in a tiny room. Audio
- Pusty kubek On his first day, Pedro drinks from a cup that is not his. Audio
- Numer czterdzieści siedem Carla waits a long time at the clinic for a small cut. Audio
- Zagubiona w Lizbonie Sofía gets lost in Lisbon and a woman helps her with a map. Audio
- Pokój z balkonem Marcos gets a hotel room with a nice balcony. Audio
- Stolik dla jednej osoby Mia eats alone in a small restaurant, and the waiter helps her choose. Audio
- Przyprawa, która kiedyś kosztowała tyle co złoto Saffron comes from tiny flower threads picked by hand, and for most of history a pound of it cost about the... Audio
- Jezioro, które znika każdego lata In Slovenia, a huge lake fills a valley in winter and then vanishes underground every summer, leaving... Audio
- Park obok mojego domu A squirrel describes the small park next to its tree: the pigeons by the benches, Mr. Badger and his bread,... Audio
- Obiad, który nigdy się nie kończy In Spain, the best part of lunch starts when the food is finished. It even has its own name. Audio
- Nigdy nie zamawiaj latte we Włoszech In Italy, the word latte does not mean coffee. One small word can bring you a big surprise. Audio
- Skąd pochodzi kawa Coffee begins as a red fruit on a green plant and travels far before it fills a cup. Audio
- Spanie w nocnym pociągu Night trains in Europe carry travelers between cities while they sleep in cozy beds. Audio
- Długi bieg zwany maratonem The marathon is a very long running race with a curious and surprising history. Audio
- Miasto, które kładzie złoto na lodach Kanazawa in Japan makes almost all of the country's gold leaf, and wraps whole sheets of it around soft ice... Audio
- Lot, który trwa dziewięćdziesiąt sekund A tiny plane hops between two Orkney islands in Scotland on the shortest scheduled flight in the world. Audio
- Czego ogień nigdy nie zabrał Polly looks at Kanazawa one last time, waits out the rain, and flies away over the sea. Audio
- Lampiony na pracującej ulicy Polly walks a lantern-lit street of old wooden teahouses that still works today, and finds ice cream... Audio
- Kuchnia o pierwszym świetle Before sunrise, Polly visits Omicho market, three hundred years old, where crabs are sold in winter. Audio
- Bite, aż prawie go nie ma Polly visits a gold leaf workshop, where a piece of gold the size of a coin becomes a sheet as big as a table. Audio
- Sześć rzeczy, którymi ogród powinien być In Kenrokuen garden, Polly sees koi in a big pond and ropes that keep snow off the pine trees. Audio
- Białe dachy i długie mury At Kanazawa Castle, Polly finds long stone walls and roofs made of lead that look white. Audio
- Miasto, które ocalało Polly arrives in Kanazawa, an old city between the sea and the mountains that was never bombed in the war. Audio
- Różowy kolor nie istnieje Pink has no wavelength of its own; it is a color the brain invents when the eyes see red and blue light... Audio
- Świecisz się właśnie teraz The human body constantly emits an extremely faint light, invisible to the eye but detectable with a... Audio
- Głośne siorbanie jest uprzejme In Japan, slurping your noodles loudly is not rude, it is a sign that you are enjoying the meal. Audio
- Wodospad, który spada w górę On very windy days, strong gusts can blow a Norwegian waterfall's spray back up into the sky. Audio
- Krąg i poranny statek On her last evening, Polly finds an old stone circle and sits quietly at its edge as the sun goes down. Audio
- Ziarno dziewięćdziesięciu dni Polly visits an old mill and learns how a fast-growing old grain became Orkney's bread and its whisky. Audio
- Zgromadzenie na skałach Polly visits a chapel built by prisoners of war from two metal huts and hears how it was made from almost... Audio
- Zbudowane z tego, co mieli Polly finds a huge group of grey seals gathering on Orkney's rocks just before baby seals are born. Audio
- Wioska pod sztormem Polly watches a straw-backed Orkney chair get made, a design that comes from having no trees. Audio
- Krzesło przy ogniu A storm uncovers a stone village older than Stonehenge and the pyramids. Audio
- Poranny statek przybija Polly flies over windy islands with no trees and learns their fields hide thousands of old, buried sites. Audio
- Mgła zamyka się za nią On her last afternoon, Polly flies high over the island before fog rolls in and hides it behind her. Audio
- Wioska podłączona do wulkanu Polly learns that the same volcano heat that cooked lunch also warms a big public pool and heats homes in... Audio
- Kolacja zakopana o świcie Polly watches a cook bury pots of food in the ground, where the volcano's heat cooks dinner with no fire. Audio
- Jeden krater, dwa kolory Polly finds a huge old crater with two lakes, one blue and one green, joined together under a strip of land. Audio
- Ptak, którego dwukrotnie uznano za straconego Polly looks for the priolo, a tiny grey and pink bird that lives only in one forest and was once thought to... Audio
- Ostatnie dwa ogrody Europy Polly finds one of the only two tea farms left in Europe, started after the island's orange trees died. Audio
- Dziewięć wysp, trzy płyty Polly arrives over São Miguel, the biggest of the nine Azores islands, made of black rock, green fields,... Audio
- W Kornwalii biega wolna walabia A small Australian kangaroo has been hopping around an English market town for days, and nobody knows where... Audio
- Krzycz, bo przegapisz przystanek A shared minibus with no bell and no screen, where the only way off is to say so out loud, early and twice. Audio
- Polly jedzie autobusem Polly's first bus ride: does this bus go downtown, one ticket, how much, where do I get off, next stop,... Audio
- Polly pyta o drogę Polly is lost on the way to the library and asks an owl for directions: excuse me, where is it, is it far,... Audio
- Polly zamawia kawę Polly's first cafe order: good afternoon, a coffee with milk, do you have churros, the check please, how... Audio
- Polly na targu Berta takes Polly to the market. Polly buys fruit for the first time: what is this, two apples, how much, a... Audio
- Polly poznaje kogoś Polly moves to a new street and meets Berta the bear. First greetings: hello, your name, nice to meet you,... Audio
- Władywostok Polly arrives in Vladivostok and flies off over the Pacific Ocean. Audio
- Amur Polly reaches the Amur River and meets a rare crane on the sixth day of the Trans-Siberian. Audio
- Jezioro Bajkał Polly spends a day on the train along Lake Baikal, the deepest and oldest lake on Earth. Audio
- Strefy czasowe Polly explores the dining car and learns that the train uses one time zone across all of Russia. Audio
- Przekraczając Ural Polly crosses the Ural Mountains, the line between Europe and Asia, on the Trans-Siberian train. Audio
- Brzozowe Lasy Polly watches Russian birch forests from the Trans-Siberian train and learns that forty percent of Russia... Audio
- Dworzec Jarosławski Polly boards the Trans-Siberian train at Moscow and begins her seven-day journey to Vladivostok. Audio
- Pożegnanie z Makaronem Polly says goodbye to Pasta the octopus and flies out of Naples. Audio
- Redaktor Sama Siebie Polly learns that octopuses can change their own nervous systems by editing RNA in real time. Audio
- Pizza i Długi Obiad Polly has lunch with Chiara at a Neapolitan pizzeria and learns about traditional Neapolitan pizza. Audio
- Skóra, która widzi Polly learns that octopus skin can sense colours even though octopus eyes cannot. Audio
- Ciało, które myśli Polly watches an octopus solve a maze with two arms working independently. Audio
- Słoik Polly watches an octopus open a jar to catch a crab and learns how short an octopus's life is. Audio
- Zatoka Neapolitańska Polly arrives in Naples and meets a giant Pacific octopus at the world's oldest marine biology institute. Audio
- Opuszczając Dolinę Polly says goodbye to Ranger Tomas and flies west out of Yosemite. Audio
- Droga Mleczna nad Glacier Point Polly watches the Milky Way at Glacier Point and looks through a telescope at the centre of our galaxy. Audio
- Półkopuła Polly flies up Half Dome on warm air with a flock of swifts, sees the summit, then glides back down. Audio
- Sokół Nurkujący Polly tries to copy a peregrine falcon's dive, learning what makes the falcon the fastest animal in the world. Audio
- Sekwoja Polly visits a giant sequoia nearly 3,000 years old and learns about its fireproof bark. Audio
- Jazda z Strażnikiem Tomaszem Polly spends the morning in Ranger Tomas's truck, learning about bear feeding and peregrine falcon nests. Audio
- Nad Doliną Polly flies into Yosemite Valley, watches climbers on El Capitan, and rides the shuttle bus at dusk. Audio
- Zapach cynamonu A new neighbor leaves a small surprise outside her door. Audio
- Dwa Kilogramy Cierpliwości A first trip to the local market with a vendor who refuses to let her leave with the wrong tomatoes. Audio
- Magiczne Połączenie Polly and Václav discover Prague is a vast astronomical instrument with hidden components scattered across... Audio