O Ajuntamento nos Rochedos
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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O barco até aos rochedos é curto. Os rochedos são baixos e molhados. As focas-cinzentas estavam deitadas por todo o lado. Não estavam a fazer nada.
Polly escolheu uma foca grande. "Quantos são na sua família?", perguntou ela. Ele pensou durante muito tempo. Toda a gente neste rochedo, disse. E toda a gente no rochedo do lado.
"Tem irmãos ou irmãs?" Quase de certeza, disse ele. Não sabia quais. As Orcadas têm cerca de vinte e duas mil crias de foca por ano.
Polly experimentou uma frase. "Hoje quero passar tempo com a minha família." Soou estranho ali. Depois tentou: "Apesar de vivermos longe uns dos outros, mantemos sempre o contacto." Essa está mais perto, disse a foca.
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