Portuguese–English parallel text
Tam e Cam
Tam and Cam
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O Peixinho
The Little Fish
Muito tempo atrás, uma menina morava em uma aldeia no Vietnã. O nome dela era Tam. A mãe dela morreu quando Tam era muito pequena.
Long ago, a girl lived in a village in Vietnam. Her name was Tam. Her mother died when Tam was very small.
O pai dela se casou de novo. A nova esposa dele tinha uma filha, e o nome dela era Cam. Alguns anos depois, o pai de Tam também morreu.
Her father married again. His new wife had a daughter, and her name was Cam. Some years later Tam’s father died too.
A madrasta amava Cam e dava tudo para ela. Tam fazia todo o trabalho pesado. Ela cozinhava, limpava e cuidava do búfalo.
The stepmother loved Cam and gave her everything. Tam did all the hard work. She cooked, cleaned and looked after the buffalo.
Um dia, a madrasta deu um cesto para cada menina. “Vão pegar peixes e camarões”, ela disse. “A menina com o cesto mais cheio vai ganhar uma blusa vermelha nova.”
One day the stepmother gave each girl a basket. “Go and catch fish and shrimp,” she said. “The girl with the fuller basket gets a new red blouse.”
Tam trabalhou o dia todo nos campos de arroz cheios de lama, e de tarde o cesto dela estava cheio. Cam brincou o dia todo, e o cesto dela estava quase vazio.
Tam worked all day in the muddy rice fields, and by evening her basket was full. Cam played all day, and her basket was almost empty.
“Irmã, o seu cabelo está cheio de lama”, disse Cam. “Vá lavar o cabelo na água funda.”
“Sister, your hair is full of mud,” said Cam. “Go and wash it in the deep water.”
Tam foi lavar o cabelo. Enquanto ela estava longe, Cam colocou todos os peixes e camarões de Tam no seu próprio cesto. Depois, ela correu para casa.
Tam went to wash her hair. While she was away, Cam put all of Tam’s fish and shrimp into her own basket. Then she ran home.
Quando Tam voltou, só um peixinho estava no fundo do cesto dela.
When Tam came back, only one little fish lay at the bottom of her basket.
Tam se sentou e chorou. De repente, um velhinho bondoso com uma longa barba branca apareceu ao lado dela. Era o Buda.
Tam sat down and cried. Suddenly a kind old man with a long white beard stood beside her. It was the Buddha.
“Por que você está chorando, minha filha?”, ele perguntou. Tam contou tudo para ele.
“Why are you crying, my child?” he asked. Tam told him everything.
“Leve o peixinho para casa e coloque ele no poço”, ele disse. “Alimente ele todo dia com um pouco do seu arroz. E quando você chegar perto do poço, cante esta música.”
“Take the little fish home and put it in the well,” he said. “Feed it every day with some of your rice. And when you come to the well, sing this song.”
“Peixinho, peixinho, suba até aqui. Coma o meu arroz dourado, não o arroz de estranhos.”
“Little fish, little fish, come up to me. Eat my golden rice, not the rice of strangers.”
Tam fez tudo o que o velho disse. Todo dia ela cantava a música, e o peixinho subia para comer.
Tam did everything the old man said. Every day she sang the song, and the little fish came up to eat.
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