Sekvoja

Polly išla do Mariposa Grove. Je plná obrovských sekvojí. Sú to najväčšie stromy na svete.

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

Kôra sekvoje nie je hnedá. Je hlboko oranžová. Polly pristála na vetve. Zobákom ďobla do kôry. Bola mäkká. Kôra bola veľmi hrubá. Hrubá kôra chráni strom pred ohňom.

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.

Okolo prešla rodina. Malé dievčatko povedalo: "Pozri, papagáj!" Jej otec povedal: "Je to hračka." Polly sa nepohla.

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

Vyletela vyššie na strom. Vo výške tridsať metrov začínali vetvy. Boli hrubé. Usadila sa na jednej. Vrchol stromu bol stále ďaleko hore.

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.

Najväčší strom sa volal Grizzly Giant. Mal asi 3 000 rokov. Jeho kmeň bol širší ako autobus.

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

Polly sa usadila na kmeni. Pozrela hore.

Polly perched on the trunk. She looked up.

Tri tisíc rokov. Strom bol už starý, keď Rím bol ešte malou dedinou.

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

Polly zostala dlho. Na kmeni bol starý znak po ohni. Strom prežil mnoho požiarov.

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

Malé semienko padlo okolo nej. Semená sekvojí potrebujú oheň, aby rástli. Šišky sa otvárajú len v teple. Nové stromy rastú po požiari.

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