Portuguese–English parallel text
Heungbu e Nolbu
Heungbu and Nolbu
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Dois Irmãos
Two Brothers
Muito tempo atrás, dois irmãos moravam em uma aldeia na Coreia. Nolbu era o irmão mais velho, e Heungbu era o mais novo.
Long ago, two brothers lived in a village in Korea. Nolbu was the older brother, and Heungbu was the younger one.
Quando o pai deles morreu, ele deixou uma casa grande, campos de arroz e muitos animais.
When their father died, he left a big house, rice fields and many animals.
Nolbu pegou tudo para ele. “Eu sou o filho mais velho”, ele disse. “Tudo isso é meu.”
Nolbu took everything for himself. “I’m the older son,” he said. “All of this is mine.”
Depois, ele se virou para o irmão. “Pegue a sua esposa e os seus filhos e vá embora. Não tem lugar para você aqui.”
Then he turned to his brother. “Take your wife and children and go. There’s no place for you here.”
Nolbu era rico, mas era ganancioso e maldoso. Heungbu era pobre, mas tinha um bom coração.
Nolbu was rich, but he was greedy and unkind. Heungbu was poor, but he had a good heart.
Heungbu construiu uma cabana pequena de palha na beira da aldeia. Ela era tão pequena que os pés dele passavam pela parede de noite. Quando chovia, a água entrava pelo telhado.
Heungbu built a little straw hut at the edge of the village. It was so small that his feet went through the wall at night. When it rained, water came in through the roof.
Heungbu e a esposa dele trabalhavam muito. Eles faziam sapatos de palha e vendiam no mercado. Mas nunca tinha comida suficiente para todos os filhos deles.
Heungbu and his wife worked hard. They made straw shoes and sold them at the market. But there was never enough food for all their children.
Em um inverno não tinha nada de arroz em casa. As crianças choravam com fome.
One winter there was no rice in the house at all. The children cried with hunger.
“Vou até a casa do meu irmão”, disse Heungbu. “Talvez ele dê um pouco de arroz para nós.”
“I’ll go to my brother,” said Heungbu. “Maybe he’ll give us a little rice.”
No quintal de Nolbu tinha porcos gordos, vacas e galinhas. Os cachorros correram na direção de Heungbu e latiram.
In Nolbu’s yard there were fat pigs, cows and chickens. The dogs ran at Heungbu and barked.
“Irmão, por favor ajude a gente”, disse Heungbu. “Meus filhos não comem faz três dias. Você pode nos emprestar um pouco de arroz? Eu vou pagar para você.”
“Brother, please help us,” said Heungbu. “My children haven’t eaten for three days. Can you lend us some rice? I’ll pay you back.”
“Não tenho arroz para você”, disse Nolbu. “Vá embora e não volte mais!”
“I have no rice for you,” said Nolbu. “Go away and don’t come back!”
Na cozinha, a esposa de Nolbu estava cozinhando arroz. Heungbu pediu um pouco para ela também. Ela ficou com raiva e bateu na bochecha dele com a colher de arroz molhada.
In the kitchen, Nolbu’s wife was cooking rice. Heungbu asked her for a little too. She got angry and hit his cheek with her wet rice paddle.
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