Portuguese–English parallel text
A Feira de Inverno
The Winter Fair
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Por três longos segundos ninguém se mexeu. O pão nas mãos de Michael estava tão quente que Ana podia ver o vapor subindo dele. O copo de Jess ainda estava vazio. Então Ana ouviu a própria voz, clara e rápida, como se outra pessoa estivesse usando ela.
For three long seconds nobody moved. The loaf in Michael’s hands was so hot that Ana could see the steam rising from it. Jess’s glass was still empty. Then Ana heard her own voice, bright and quick, as if somebody else was using it.
“Jess! Você acordou cedo. Você se lembra do Mick? Da estação?” Ela limpou as mãos no avental. “Ele é padeiro. De verdade, de Manchester. Eu pedi para ele me ajudar com a encomenda da feira de inverno. Trezentos pãezinhos, Jess. Eu não ia conseguir fazer sozinha.”
“Jess! You’re up early. You remember Mick? From the station?” She wiped her hands on her apron. “He’s a baker. A real one, from Manchester. I asked him to help with the order for the winter fair. Three hundred rolls, Jess. I couldn’t do it alone.”
Jess olhou de Ana para Michael e de volta para ela. “Eu achei que você trabalhava em um depósito”, disse ela para ele.
Jess looked from Ana to Michael and back again. “I thought you worked in a warehouse,” she said to him.
Michael colocou o pão com cuidado na grade. “Eu trabalho”, disse ele. A voz dele estava firme agora, mais firme que a de Ana. “Eu era padeiro. Há muito tempo. A Ana pediu ajuda, e eu ainda me lembro de como fazer.”
Michael put the loaf down carefully on the rack. “I do,” he said. His voice was steady now, steadier than Ana’s. “I used to be a baker. A long time ago. Ana asked for help, and I still remember how.”
“E por que vocês estão fazendo isso à meia-noite, como ladrões?” Jess colocou o copo na mesa e cruzou os braços. “O Grandad sabe?”
“And why are you doing it at midnight, like burglars?” Jess put her glass on the table and crossed her arms. “Does Grandad know?”
Essa era a pergunta que Ana tinha temido. Ela respirou fundo. “Não. E, por favor, não conta para ele. Você sabe como ele é, Jess. Se ele descobrir que um estranho está assando o pão dele, ele vai descer aqui às três da manhã com as mãos ruins e vai tentar fazer sozinho. O médico disse nada de trabalho pesado. Ele nunca ia aceitar ajuda de alguém que ele não conhece. Ele é orgulhoso demais.”
This was the question Ana had been afraid of. She took a breath. “No. And please don’t tell him. You know what he’s like, Jess. If he finds out that a stranger is baking his bread, he’ll come down here at three in the morning with his bad hands and try to do it himself. The doctor said no heavy work. He would never accept help from someone he doesn’t know. He’s too proud.”
Cada palavra era verdade, Ana pensou, e cada palavra era uma mentira. Ela não conseguia olhar para Michael enquanto dizia aquilo.
Every word of it was true, Ana thought, and every word of it was a lie. She could not look at Michael while she said it.
Jess ficou em silêncio por um momento. Depois, devagar, ela concordou com a cabeça. “É. É exatamente isso que ele faria. Ele preferiria deixar uma assadeira cair no pé do que pedir ajuda.” Ela olhou para as seis caixas de pãezinhos perto da porta, e o rosto dela mudou. “Espera. Vocês dois fizeram tudo isso hoje à noite?”
Jess was quiet for a moment. Then, slowly, she nodded. “Yeah. That’s exactly what he would do. He’d rather drop a tray on his foot than ask for help.” She looked at the six boxes of rolls by the door, and her face changed. “Wait. Did you two make all of these tonight?”
“Trezentos”, Michael disse. “E cinquenta pães grandes. E o pão da loja está quase pronto.”
“Three hundred,” Michael said. “And fifty loaves. And the bread for the shop is nearly ready.”
Jess levantou um pano e olhou para os pãezinhos embaixo. Eles estavam perfeitos, redondos e dourados, todos do mesmo tamanho. Ela pegou um, partiu no meio e comeu metade em pé, do jeito que comia tudo. Depois olhou para Michael com um novo respeito. “OK”, disse ela. “Ficou muito bom mesmo. Eu não vou contar para ele. Mas eu vou ficar. Vocês precisam de alguém para carregar caixas.”
Jess lifted a cloth and looked at the rolls underneath. They were perfect, round and golden, all the same size. She took one, broke it open and ate half of it standing up, the way she ate everything. Then she looked at Michael with new respect. “OK,” she said. “That’s actually really good. I won’t tell him. But I’m staying. You need someone to carry boxes.”
Então, pela hora seguinte, os três trabalharam juntos na cozinha. Jess vestiu um suéter por cima do pijama e guardou os pães em caixas. Michael terminou o pão da loja. Ana contou tudo duas vezes e anotou na lista. Ninguém falou de nada importante. Eles conversaram sobre o peso da farinha, sobre o barulho de vaca que a batedeira fazia, e sobre se a prefeitura tinha mesas suficientes.
So for the next hour, the three of them worked together in the kitchen. Jess put on a jumper over her pyjamas and packed the loaves into boxes. Michael finished the bread for the shop. Ana counted everything twice and wrote it on the list. Nobody talked about anything important. They talked about how heavy flour was, and about the cow-noise of the mixer, and about whether the town hall had enough tables.
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