Portuguese–English parallel text
A Leiteira e Seu Balde
The Milkmaid and Her Pail
Aesop
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Uma leiteira tinha saído para ordenhar as vacas e estava voltando do campo com o balde de leite brilhante bem equilibrado na cabeça. Enquanto caminhava, sua linda cabeça estava cheia de planos para os próximos dias.
A Milkmaid had been out to milk the cows and was returning from the field with the shining milk pail balanced nicely on her head. As she walked along, her pretty head was busy with plans for the days to come.
“Este leite bom e gordo”, ela pensou, “vai me dar muito creme para bater. A manteiga que eu fizer vou levar ao mercado, e com o dinheiro que conseguir vou comprar muitos ovos para chocar.
“This good, rich milk,” she mused, “will give me plenty of cream to churn. The butter I make I will take to market, and with the money I get for it I will buy a lot of eggs for hatching.
Como vai ser bom quando todos tiverem nascido e o quintal estiver cheio de lindos pintinhos. Depois, quando o Primeiro de Maio chegar, vou vendê-los, e com o dinheiro vou comprar um lindo vestido novo para usar na feira. Todos os rapazes vão olhar para mim.
How nice it will be when they are all hatched and the yard is full of fine young chicks. Then when May day comes I will sell them, and with the money I’ll buy a lovely new dress to wear to the fair. All the young men will look at me.
Eles vão vir tentar me namorar, — mas eu vou mandá-los cuidar da própria vida bem rápido!”
They will come and try to make love to me,—but I shall very quickly send them about their business!”
Ao pensar em como resolveria essa questão, ela sacudiu a cabeça com desdém, e o balde de leite caiu no chão. E todo o leite escorreu, e com ele sumiram a manteiga, os ovos, os pintinhos, o vestido novo e todo o orgulho da leiteira.
As she thought of how she would settle that matter, she tossed her head scornfully, and down fell the pail of milk to the ground. And all the milk flowed out, and with it vanished butter and eggs and chicks and new dress and all the milkmaid’s pride.
Não conte com os pintinhos antes de eles nascerem.
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
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