Portuguese
A Raposa e a Cegonha visitam uma à outra.
English translation
The Fox and the Stork visit each other.
Portuguese · Absolute Beginner
A raposa e a cegonha
Adapted from The Fox and the Stork
A fox serves food in a way the stork cannot eat, and the stork later returns the trick.
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O prato raso da raposa
The fox's shallow dish
Portuguese
Elas parecem amigas.
English translation
They seem to be friends.
Portuguese
Um dia, a Raposa convida a Cegonha para jantar.
English translation
One day, the Fox invites the Stork to dinner.
Portuguese
A Raposa quer fazer uma brincadeira com a Cegonha.
English translation
The Fox wants to play a trick on the Stork.
Portuguese
Ela serve só um pouco de sopa em um prato muito raso.
English translation
She serves only a little soup in a very shallow dish.
Portuguese
A Raposa lambe a sopa e come com facilidade.
English translation
The Fox laps up the soup and eats with ease.
Portuguese
A Cegonha tem um bico longo.
English translation
The Stork has a long beak.
Portuguese
Só a ponta do bico toca a sopa.
English translation
Only the tip of her beak touches the soup.
Portuguese
A Cegonha não consegue comer.
English translation
The Stork cannot eat.
Portuguese
Ela continua com fome.
English translation
She is still hungry.
Portuguese
A Raposa pede desculpas.
English translation
The Fox apologizes.
Portuguese
Ela diz que a Cegonha não gosta da sopa.
English translation
She says that the Stork does not like the soup.
Portuguese
A Cegonha diz que não é preciso pedir desculpas.
English translation
The Stork says there is no need to apologize.
Portuguese
Então convida a Raposa para jantar na casa dela.
English translation
Then she invites the Fox to dinner at her house.
Portuguese
As duas escolhem um dia para o jantar.
English translation
The two of them choose a day for dinner.
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