Mti wa Sequoia

Polly alikwenda Mariposa Grove. Huko kuna miti mikubwa ya sequoia. Ni miti mikubwa zaidi duniani.

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

Magamba ya sequoia si ya kahawia. Ni ya rangi ya chungwa iliyokolea. Polly alitua kwenye tawi. Aligonga gamba kwa mdomo wake. Lilikuwa laini. Gamba lilikuwa nene sana. Gamba hilo nene hulinda mti dhidi ya moto.

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.

Familia moja ilipita. Msichana mdogo alisema, "Tazama, kasuku!" Baba yake alisema, "Ni toy tu." Polly hakusogea.

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

Aliruka juu ya mti. Akiwa mita thelathini juu, matawi yalianza. Yalikuwa manene. Alitua kwenye moja. Juu ya mti bado ilikuwa mbali sana.

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.

Mti mkubwa zaidi uliitwa Grizzly Giant. Ulikuwa na umri wa miaka kama 3,000. Shina lake lilikuwa pana kuliko basi.

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

Polly alitua kwenye shina. Aliangalia juu.

Polly perched on the trunk. She looked up.

Miaka elfu tatu. Mti ulikuwa tayari mzee wakati Roma ilikuwa kijiji kidogo.

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

Polly alikaa kwa muda mrefu. Kulikuwa na alama ya moto wa zamani kwenye shina. Mti huo ulikuwa umevuka moto mingi.

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

Mbegu ndogo ilianguka karibu naye. Mbegu za sequoia zinahitaji moto ili kuota. Maganda hufunguka tu katika joto. Miti mipya hukua baada ya moto.

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