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Portuguese · Beginner

O leão e o rato

Adapted from The Lion and the Mouse

By Aesop

A lion spares a mouse, who later frees him from a hunter’s net.

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O leão captura o rato

The lion catches the mouse

Portuguese

Um dia, um leão dormia quando um ratinho começou a correr de um lado para outro sobre seu corpo. O leão acordou e prendeu o rato debaixo de sua enorme pata. Depois, abriu a boca para engolir o pequeno animal.

English translation

One day, a lion was sleeping when a little mouse began running back and forth over his body. The lion woke up and pinned the mouse beneath his enormous paw. Then he opened his mouth to swallow the small animal.

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