Portuguese–English parallel text
A Loja de Mágica
The Magic Shop
H. G. Wells
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Eu tinha visto a Loja de Mágica de longe várias vezes; tinha passado por ela uma ou duas vezes, uma vitrine com pequenos objetos atraentes, bolas mágicas, galinhas mágicas, cones maravilhosos, bonecos de ventríloquo, o material do truque do cesto, baralhos que PARECIAM normais e todo esse tipo de coisa, mas nunca pensei em entrar até que um dia, quase sem aviso, Gip me puxou pelo dedo até a vitrine, e se comportou de tal maneira que não tive escolha a não ser levá-lo para dentro.
I had seen the Magic Shop from afar several times; I had passed it once or twice, a shop window of alluring little objects, magic balls, magic hens, wonderful cones, ventriloquist dolls, the material of the basket trick, packs of cards that LOOKED all right, and all that sort of thing, but never had I thought of going in until one day, almost without warning, Gip hauled me by my finger right up to the window, and so conducted himself that there was nothing for it but to take him in.
Eu não achava que o lugar ficasse ali, para falar a verdade — uma fachada de tamanho modesto na Regent Street, entre a loja de quadros e o lugar onde os pintinhos correm, recém-saídos de incubadoras patenteadas, mas com certeza estava ali.
I had not thought the place was there, to tell the truth—a modest-sized frontage in Regent Street, between the picture shop and the place where the chicks run about just out of patent incubators, but there it was sure enough.
Eu tinha imaginado que ficava mais perto do Circus, ou dobrando a esquina na Oxford Street, ou até mesmo em Holborn; sempre do outro lado do caminho e um pouco inacessível, com algo de miragem em sua posição; mas aqui estava ela agora, de modo indiscutível, e a ponta gordinha do dedo indicador de Gip fez um barulho no vidro.
I had fancied it was down nearer the Circus, or round the corner in Oxford Street, or even in Holborn; always over the way and a little inaccessible it had been, with something of the mirage in its position; but here it was now quite indisputably, and the fat end of Gip’s pointing finger made a noise upon the glass.
“Se eu fosse rico”, disse Gip, encostando o dedo no Ovo que Desaparece, “eu compraria isso para mim. E isso” — que era O Bebê que Chora, Muito Humano — “e isso”, que era um mistério e se chamava, como afirmava um cartão caprichado, “Compre Um e Surpreenda Seus Amigos”.
“If I was rich,” said Gip, dabbing a finger at the Disappearing Egg, “I’d buy myself that. And that”—which was The Crying Baby, Very Human—“and that,” which was a mystery, and called, so a neat card asserted, “Buy One and Astonish Your Friends.”
“Qualquer coisa”, disse Gip, “vai desaparecer embaixo de um desses cones. Eu li sobre isso em um livro.”
“Anything,” said Gip, “will disappear under one of those cones. I have read about it in a book.
“E ali, papai, está a Meia Moeda que Some —, só que eles colocaram virada para cima para a gente não ver como é feito.”
“And there, dadda, is the Vanishing Halfpenny—, only they’ve put it this way up so’s we can’t see how it’s done.”
Gip, querido menino, herdou a boa educação da mãe, e não pretendia entrar na loja nem incomodar de jeito nenhum; só que, você sabe, de forma totalmente inconsciente, ele puxou o meu dedo na direção da porta e deixou claro o seu interesse.
Gip, dear boy, inherits his mother’s breeding, and he did not propose to enter the shop or worry in any way; only, you know, quite unconsciously he lugged my finger doorward, and he made his interest clear.
“Aquilo”, disse ele, e apontou para a Garrafa Mágica.
“That,” he said, and pointed to the Magic Bottle.
“E se você tivesse aquilo?”, eu perguntei; diante dessa pergunta promissora, ele olhou para cima com um brilho repentino.
“If you had that?” I said; at which promising inquiry he looked up with a sudden radiance.
“Eu poderia mostrar para a Jessie”, disse ele, sempre pensando nos outros.
“I could show it to Jessie,” he said, thoughtful as ever of others.
“Faltam menos de cem dias para o seu aniversário, Gibbles”, eu disse, e coloquei a mão na maçaneta da porta.
“It’s less than a hundred days to your birthday, Gibbles,” I said, and laid my hand on the door-handle.
Gip não respondeu nada, mas apertou mais o meu dedo, e assim entramos na loja.
Gip made no answer, but his grip tightened on my finger, and so we came into the shop.
Não era uma loja comum; era uma loja de mágica, e toda a pressa e animação que Gip teria demonstrado no caso de simples brinquedos tinha desaparecido. Ele deixou o peso da conversa para mim.
It was no common shop this; it was a magic shop, and all the prancing precedence Gip would have taken in the matter of mere toys was wanting. He left the burthen of the conversation to me.
Era uma loja pequena e estreita, não muito bem iluminada, e o sino da porta tocou de novo com um som triste quando a fechamos atrás de nós. Por um momento, ficamos sozinhos e pudemos olhar ao redor.
It was a little, narrow shop, not very well lit, and the door-bell pinged again with a plaintive note as we closed it behind us. For a moment or so we were alone and could glance about us.
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