Kituo cha Yaroslavsky

Kituo cha Yaroslavsky huko Moscow kina minara ya kijani na nyeupe na paa zilizo na ncha kali. Kilijengwa mwaka wa 1902.

Yaroslavsky Station in Moscow has green and white turrets and pointed roofs. It was built in 1902.

Polly aliingia mjini kwa urahisi. Moscow mwezi wa Juni ilikuwa na joto. Alizunguka kituo na kutua juu ya dari.

Polly came in low through the city. Moscow in June was warm. She circled the station and landed on the canopy.

Reli ya Trans-Siberia inaanzia hapa. Inaenda mashariki kwa kilomita 9,289, ikivuka Urusi yote. Inaishia Vladivostok kwenye Bahari ya Pasifiki. Reli hii ilikamilika mwaka wa 1916. Ni reli ndefu zaidi duniani. Treni kuu inaitwa Rossiya. Inaondoka Moscow saa saba mchana. Inafika Vladivostok baada ya siku saba.

The Trans-Siberian Railway begins here. It runs east for 9,289 kilometres, all the way across Russia. It ends at Vladivostok on the Pacific. The line was finished in 1916. It is the longest railway in the world. The main train is called the Rossiya. It leaves Moscow at one in the afternoon. It arrives in Vladivostok seven days later.

Polly alikuwa na kiti cha dirishani katika daraja la pili. Chumba chake kilikuwa na vitanda viwili vya juu na viwili vya chini na meza ndogo.

Polly had a window seat in second class. Her compartment had two upper and two lower bunks and a small table.

Vitanda viwili vilikuwa vimechukuliwa. Kimoja na mwanamke mzee mtulivu aliyekuwa akisoma. Kingine na kijana mwenye kompyuta mpakato. Alimwona Polly na kusema "Sawa."

Two bunks were taken. One by a quiet older woman reading. The other by a young man with a laptop. He saw Polly and said "OK."

Polly aliruka kwenye meza na kutazama nje ya dirisha. Jukwaa lilikuwa na shughuli nyingi.

Polly hopped onto the table and looked out the window. The platform was busy.

Saa saba, treni ilianza kuondoka. Jukwaa lilianza kupotea.

At one o'clock, the train moved. The platform slid away.

Baada ya nusu saa, Moscow ilikuwa imepungua na kuwa vitongoji. Baada ya saa moja, ikawa nyumba ndogo za mbao zinazoitwa dachas. Baada ya masaa mawili, ikawa msitu.

In half an hour, Moscow had thinned to suburbs. In an hour, to small wooden houses called dachas. In two hours, to forest.

Mwanamke mzee alitazama juu kutoka kwenye kitabu chake. "Mara ya kwanza?" alisema. "Ni safari ndefu. Jisikie huru."

The older woman looked up from her book. "First time?" she said. "It is a long way. Settle in."