Portuguese · Beginner
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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Scene 1 · Beginner
A Raposa e a Cegonha costumavam visitar uma à outra e pareciam grandes amigas. Um dia, a Raposa convidou a Cegonha para jantar. Para fazer uma brincadeira, serviu apenas um pouco de sopa em um prato muito raso.
The Fox and the Stork used to visit each other and seemed like great friends. One day, the Fox invited the Stork to dinner. To play a trick on her, she served only a little soup on a very shallow plate.
A Raposa lambeu a sopa sem dificuldade. A Cegonha, porém, só conseguiu molhar a ponta do seu bico comprido. Ela terminou o jantar com a mesma fome de antes.
The Fox licked up the soup without any trouble. The Stork, however, could only wet the tip of her long beak. She finished dinner just as hungry as before.
— Sinto muito que você não tenha gostado da sopa — disse a Raposa.
“I’m sorry you didn’t like the soup,” said the Fox.
— Não precisa pedir desculpas — respondeu a Cegonha. — Venha jantar comigo em breve.
“There’s no need to apologize,” replied the Stork. “Come have dinner with me soon.”
As duas marcaram um dia para a visita da Raposa.
The two of them agreed on a day for the Fox to visit.
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