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Um plano para abandonar as crianças
A plan to leave the children
Portuguese
Perto de uma grande floresta, um lenhador pobre vivia com seus dois filhos e a madrasta deles. O menino se chamava João, e a menina, Maria. Um dia, começou a faltar comida em toda a região. O lenhador já não conseguia trazer pão para casa.
English translation
Near a large forest, a poor woodcutter lived with his two children and their stepmother. The boy was named Hansel, and the girl was named Gretel. One day, food began to run short throughout the region. The woodcutter could no longer bring bread home.
Portuguese
À noite, ele não conseguia dormir e perguntou à mulher:
— Como vamos alimentar nossos filhos? Não temos comida nem para nós.
English translation
At night, he couldn't sleep and asked his wife:
“How are we going to feed our children? We don't even have enough food for ourselves.”
Portuguese
A mulher respondeu que deviam levar as crianças para bem longe, dentro da floresta. Lá, fariam uma fogueira e dariam um pedaço de pão para cada uma. Depois, deixariam os dois sozinhos. As crianças não encontrariam o caminho de volta.
English translation
The woman replied that they should take the children far away, deep into the forest. There, they would make a fire and give each child a piece of bread. Then they would leave the two of them alone. The children wouldn't find their way back.
Portuguese
— Não posso fazer isso! — disse o pai. — Os animais da floresta podem matar meus filhos.
English translation
“I can't do that!” the father said. “The animals in the forest could kill my children.”
Portuguese
— Então vamos morrer de fome os quatro! — respondeu a mulher.
English translation
“Then all four of us will starve to death!” the woman replied.
Portuguese
Ela continuou insistindo, até que o homem aceitou o plano. Mas ele sentia muita pena das crianças.
English translation
She kept insisting until the man agreed to the plan. But he felt very sorry for the children.
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