Portuguese–English parallel text

O Menino que Gritava Lobo

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

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As Fábulas de Esopo para Crianças O Jovem Pastor e o Lobo Um Jovem Pastor cuidava das ovelhas de seu mestre perto de uma floresta sombria, não muito longe da aldeia. Logo, ele achou a vida no pasto muito monótona.

The Æsop for Children The Shepherd Boy & the Wolf A Shepherd Boy tended his master’s Sheep near a dark forest not far from the village. Soon he found life in the pasture very dull.

Tudo o que ele podia fazer para se divertir era conversar com seu cão ou tocar sua flauta de pastor.

All he could do to amuse himself was to talk to his dog or play on his shepherd’s pipe.

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Certo dia, enquanto estava sentado observando as ovelhas e a floresta silenciosa, e pensando no que faria caso visse um lobo, ele pensou em um plano para se divertir.

One day as he sat watching the Sheep and the quiet forest, and thinking what he would do should he see a Wolf, he thought of a plan to amuse himself.

Seu mestre lhe dissera para pedir ajuda caso um lobo atacasse o rebanho, e os aldeões o espantariam.

His Master had told him to call for help should a Wolf attack the flock, and the Villagers would drive it away.

Então, agora, embora não tivesse visto nada que sequer parecesse um lobo, ele correu em direção à aldeia gritando com toda a força de sua voz: “Lobo! Lobo!”

So now, though he had not seen anything that even looked like a Wolf, he ran toward the village shouting at the top of his voice, “Wolf! Wolf!”

Como ele esperava, os aldeões que ouviram o grito largaram seu trabalho e correram em grande alvoroço para o pasto. Mas, quando chegaram lá, encontraram o menino dobrado de tanto rir da peça que havia pregado neles.

As he expected, the Villagers who heard the cry dropped their work and ran in great excitement to the pasture. But when they got there they found the Boy doubled up with laughter at the trick he had played on them.

Poucos dias depois, o Jovem Pastor gritou novamente: “Lobo! Lobo!” Mais uma vez, os aldeões correram para ajudá-lo, apenas para serem motivo de riso novamente.

A few days later the Shepherd Boy again shouted, “Wolf! Wolf!” Again the Villagers ran to help him, only to be laughed at again.

Então, certa noite, enquanto o sol se punha atrás da floresta e as sombras se espalhavam pelo pasto, um lobo realmente saltou do matagal e atacou as ovelhas.

Then one evening as the sun was setting behind the forest and the shadows were creeping out over the pasture, a Wolf really did spring from the underbrush and fall upon the Sheep.

Apavorado, o menino correu em direção à aldeia gritando: “Lobo! Lobo!” Mas, embora os aldeões tenham ouvido o grito, eles não correram para ajudá-lo como haviam feito antes. “Ele não pode nos enganar de novo”, disseram eles.

In terror the Boy ran toward the village shouting “Wolf! Wolf!” But though the Villagers heard the cry, they did not run to help him as they had before. “He cannot fool us again,” they said.

O lobo matou muitas das ovelhas do menino e depois fugiu sorrateiramente para a floresta.

The Wolf killed a great many of the Boy’s sheep and then slipped away into the forest.

Ninguém acredita nos mentirosos, mesmo quando dizem a verdade.

Liars are not believed even when they speak the truth.

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