Portuguese · Beginner
Adapted from The Tortoise and the Hare
A hare boasts about his speed, then loses a race to a steady tortoise.
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Scene 1 · Beginner
Um dia, a lebre falava aos outros animais sobre como corria rápido. Dizia que ninguém conseguia vencer uma corrida contra ela.
One day, the hare told the other animals how fast she could run. She said that no one could beat her in a race.
— Quem quer correr comigo? — perguntou a lebre.
“Who wants to race me?” the hare asked.
— Eu aceito — disse a tartaruga, com calma.
“I accept,” said the tortoise calmly.
A lebre riu. Para ela, a ideia de correr contra a tartaruga era uma piada.
The hare laughed. To her, the idea of racing against the tortoise was a joke.
— Primeiro você precisa me vencer. Depois pode falar que é tão rápida — respondeu a tartaruga. — Vamos correr?
“First you have to beat me. Then you can say you’re that fast,” the tortoise replied. “Shall we race?”
Depois de escolherem o caminho da corrida, a lebre e a tartaruga começaram a correr.
After they chose the race route, the hare and the tortoise started running.
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