Portuguese–English parallel text
O Maravilhoso Mágico de Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum · retold
A bilingual Portuguese–English edition: the Portuguese text with the English beside it, paragraph by paragraph.
Opening the reader…
O ciclone
The Cyclone
Dorothy morava na grande pradaria do Kansas com o tio Henry e a tia Em. O tio Henry era fazendeiro, e a casa pequena deles tinha só um cômodo.
Dorothy lived on the great Kansas prairie with Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. Uncle Henry was a farmer, and their small house had only one room.
Um ciclone podia destruir qualquer casa, por isso a família precisava de um lugar para se esconder. No meio do chão havia um alçapão. Debaixo dele, uma escada descia para um porão pequeno e escuro.
A cyclone could break any house, so the family needed somewhere to hide. There was a trap door in the middle of the floor. Under it, a ladder went down into a small, dark cellar.
Quando Dorothy ficou na porta, ela viu só a pradaria cinza e plana. Não havia nenhuma árvore e nenhuma outra casa. O sol e a chuva deixaram a terra, o capim alto e até a casa cinza.
When Dorothy stood in the doorway, she saw only the flat gray prairie. There was not one tree and not one other house. The sun and rain turned the land, the long grass and even the house gray.
Quando a tia Em chegou à fazenda, era uma esposa jovem e bonita. O sol tirou a luz dos olhos dela e o vermelho dos lábios. Agora ela era cinza e magra, e nunca sorria.
When Aunt Em first came to the farm, she was a young, pretty wife. The sun took the light from her eyes and the red from her lips. Now she was gray and thin, and she never smiled.
Dorothy não tinha mãe nem pai, por isso foi morar com a tia. No começo, a risada de Dorothy assustava a tia Em. Ela gritava e punha a mão no coração toda vez que ouvia.
Dorothy had no mother or father, so she came to live with her aunt. At first Dorothy’s laugh scared Aunt Em. She screamed and put a hand on her heart each time she heard it.
“Qual é a graça, criança?”, a tia Em ainda perguntava.
“What is there to laugh at, child?” Aunt Em still asked.
O tio Henry nunca ria. Ele trabalhava duro da manhã até a noite e quase não falava. Ele também era cinza, da barba comprida até as botas grossas.
Uncle Henry never laughed. He worked hard from morning to night, and he almost never spoke. He was gray too, from his long beard to his rough boots.
Foi o Toto que fez Dorothy rir, e ele a salvou de ficar cinza também. Era um cachorrinho preto, com pelo longo e macio e um focinho pequeno e engraçado. Ele brincava o dia todo, e Dorothy gostava muito dele.
It was Toto who made Dorothy laugh, and he saved her from turning gray too. He was a little black dog with long soft hair and a funny little nose. He played all day long, and Dorothy loved him very much.
Mas hoje eles não estavam brincando. O tio Henry estava sentado no degrau da porta e parecia preocupado. O céu estava ainda mais cinza que de costume.
But today they were not playing. Uncle Henry sat on the doorstep and looked worried. The sky was even grayer than usual.
Dorothy estava na porta com o Toto nos braços. A tia Em estava lavando a louça.
Dorothy stood in the door with Toto in her arms. Aunt Em was washing the dishes.
“Vai chover, tio Henry?”, Dorothy perguntou.
“Will it rain, Uncle Henry?” Dorothy asked.
O tio Henry não respondeu.
Uncle Henry did not answer.
Um grito baixo de vento veio do norte distante, e o capim se curvou em ondas. Depois um som agudo veio do sul, e o capim também se mexeu ali.
A low cry of wind came from the far north, and the grass bent in waves. Then a sharp sound came from the south, and the grass moved there too.
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