Portuguese–English parallel text
O Gato de Botas
Puss in Boots
Charles Perrault
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Havia um moleiro que não deixou outros bens aos três filhos que tinha além de seu moinho, seu burro e seu gato. A partilha foi feita depressa. Não mandaram chamar o escrivão nem o advogado. Eles logo teriam devorado todo o pobre patrimônio.
There was a miller, who left no more estate to the three sons he had, than his Mill, his Ass, and his Cat. The partition was soon made. Neither the scrivener nor attorney were sent for. They would soon have eaten up all the poor patrimony.
O mais velho ficou com o moinho, o segundo com o burro, e o mais novo com nada além do gato.
The eldest had the Mill, the second the Ass, and the youngest nothing but the Cat.
O pobre rapaz estava inconsolável por ter recebido uma herança tão modesta.
The poor young fellow was quite comfortless at having so poor a lot.
“Meus irmãos”, disse ele, “podem conseguir a vida com bastante dignidade juntando seus bens; mas eu, quando tiver comido o meu gato e feito um regalo da pele dele, certamente morrerei de fome.”
“My brothers,” said he, “may get their living handsomely enough, by joining their stocks together; but for my part, when I have eaten up my Cat, and made me a muff of his skin, I must die with hunger.”
O Gato, que ouvia tudo isso, mas se fez de desentendido, disse-lhe com ar sério e solene:
The Cat, who heard all this, but made as if he did not, said to him with a grave and serious air:
“Não se aflija desse modo, meu bom mestre; o senhor só precisa me dar um saco e mandar fazer um par de botas para mim, para que eu possa correr pela lama e pelos espinhos, e verá que a sua parte comigo não é tão ruim quanto imagina.”
“Do not thus afflict yourself, my good master; you have only to give me a bag, and get a pair of boots made for me, that I may scamper thro’ the dirt and the brambles, and you shall see that you have not so bad a portion of me as you imagine.”
Embora o dono do Gato não depositasse muita confiança no que ele dizia, já o tinha visto praticar muitos truques espertos para caçar ratos e camundongos; como quando ele se pendurava pelas patas traseiras ou se escondia na farinha, fingindo-se de morto; de modo que não perdeu de todo a esperança de que o felino pudesse lhe dar alguma ajuda em sua miserável condição.
Tho’ the Cat’s master did not build very much upon what he said, he had however often seen him play a great many cunning tricks to catch rats and mice; as when he used to hang by the heels, or hide himself in the meal, and make as if he were dead; so that he did not altogether despair of his affording him some help in his miserable condition.
Quando o Gato obteve o que havia pedido, calçou as botas com muita coragem e elegância; pondo o saco ao redor do pescoço, segurou os cordões com as duas patas dianteiras e foi até uma toca onde havia grande fartura de coelhos.
When the Cat had what he asked for, he booted himself very gallantly; and putting his bag about his neck, he held the strings of it in his two fore paws, and went into a warren where was great abundance of rabbits.
Ele colocou farelo e serralha dentro do saco e, esticando-se de comprido como se estivesse morto, esperou que algum coelho jovem, que ainda não conhecia as artimanhas do mundo, viesse remexer o saco em busca do que ele tinha posto ali dentro.
He put bran and sow-thistle into his bag, and stretching himself out at length, as if he had been dead, he waited for some young rabbit, not yet acquainted with the deceits of the world, to come and rummage his bag for what he had put into it.
Mal ele se deitou e logo conseguiu o que queria; um coelho jovem, tolo e imprudente, pulou para dentro do saco, e o senhor Gato, puxando imediatamente os cordões, apanhou-o e o matou sem compaixão.
Scarce was he lain down, but he had what he wanted; a rash and foolish young rabbit jumped into his bag, and Monsieur Puss, immediately drawing close the strings, took and killed him without pity.
Orgulhoso de sua caça, ele foi até o palácio com ela e pediu para falar com Sua Majestade. Ele foi conduzido escada acima até os aposentos do Rei e, fazendo uma profunda reverência, disse-lhe:
Proud of his prey, he went with it to the palace, and asked to speak with his Majesty. He was shewed up stairs into the King’s apartment, and, making a low reverence, said to him:
“Trouxe ao senhor um coelho da mata que o meu nobre senhor, o Marquês de Carabás” (pois esse foi o título que o Gato resolveu dar ao seu mestre) “ordenou-me apresentar a Vossa Majestade como presente dele.”
“I have brought you, sir, a rabbit of the warren which my noble lord the Marquis of Carabas” (for that was the title which Puss was pleased to give his master) “has commanded me to present to your Majesty from him.”
“Diga a seu mestre”, respondeu o Rei, “que eu lhe agradeço e que isso me causa imenso prazer.”
“Tell thy master,” said the King, “that I thank him, and that he does me a great deal of pleasure.”
Em outra ocasião, ele foi e se escondeu em meio a uma plantação de trigo, mantendo o saco aberto; e, quando um casal de perdizes correu para dentro dele, puxou os cordões e assim capturou as duas.
Another time he went and hid himself among some standing corn, holding still his bag open; and when a brace of partridges ran into it, he drew the strings, and so caught them both.
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