Portuguese–English parallel text

O Macaco e o Crocodilo

The Monkey and the Crocodile

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O Pé de Jambo

The Rose-Apple Tree

Um grande pé de jambo ficava na margem de um rio largo na Índia. Ele tinha frutas doces o ano todo. Um macaco morava nos galhos dele.

A big rose-apple tree stood on the bank of a wide river in India. It had sweet fruit all year. A monkey lived in its branches.

O macaco era pequeno e rápido. Todo dia ele comia jambos e olhava o rio. Ele era feliz, mas às vezes se sentia um pouco sozinho.

The monkey was small and quick. Every day he ate rose-apples and watched the river. He was happy, but sometimes he felt a little lonely.

Em uma tarde quente, um crocodilo grande saiu do rio. Ele se deitou na areia macia embaixo da árvore. Ele parecia cansado e com fome.

One hot afternoon, a big crocodile came out of the river. He lay down in the soft sand under the tree. He looked tired and hungry.

O macaco olhou para ele lá embaixo. “Olá!”, ele disse. “Você é um convidado na minha árvore. Você quer um pouco de fruta?”

The monkey looked down at him. “Hello!” he said. “You are a guest at my tree. Would you like some fruit?”

“Fruta?”, perguntou o crocodilo. “Eu normalmente não como fruta. Mas estou com muita fome hoje.”

“Fruit?” asked the crocodile. “I don’t usually eat fruit. But I’m very hungry today.”

O macaco jogou alguns jambos para baixo. O crocodilo comeu um, depois outro, depois mais cinco.

The monkey threw down a few rose-apples. The crocodile ate one, then another, then five more.

“Essas frutas são maravilhosas!”, ele disse. “São doces como mel. Obrigado, meu amigo.”

“These are wonderful!” he said. “They are as sweet as honey. Thank you, my friend.”

Depois disso, o crocodilo voltava todo dia. O macaco jogava frutas para ele, e eles conversavam por horas. Eles falavam sobre o rio, a floresta, a chuva e as estrelas.

After that, the crocodile came back every day. The monkey threw him fruit, and they talked for hours. They talked about the river, the forest, the rain and the stars.

Logo eles eram melhores amigos. “Você é como um irmão para mim”, disse o crocodilo um dia.

Soon they were best friends. “You are like a brother to me,” said the crocodile one day.

Toda noite, o crocodilo levava alguns jambos para casa para a esposa dele. Ela gostava muito deles.

Every evening, the crocodile took some rose-apples home for his wife. She loved them very much.

Mas logo ela quis algo mais do que frutas.

But soon she wanted something more than fruit.

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