Portuguese–English parallel text
Whittington e Sua Gata
Whittington and His Cat
Joseph Jacobs
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No reinado do famoso rei Eduardo III, havia um garotinho chamado Dick Whittington, cujo pai e cuja mãe tinham morrido quando ele era muito jovem.
In the reign of the famous King Edward III. there was a little boy called Dick Whittington, whose father and mother died when he was very young.
Como o pobre Dick não tinha idade suficiente para trabalhar, ele estava em péssima situação; ganhava muito pouco para o almoço e, às vezes, nada para o café da manhã; pois as pessoas que moravam na aldeia eram muito pobres mesmo e não podiam lhe dar muito mais do que cascas de batata e, de vez em quando, uma crosta dura de pão.
As poor Dick was not old enough to work, he was very badly off; he got but little for his dinner, and sometimes nothing at all for his breakfast; for the people who lived in the village were very poor indeed, and could not spare him much more than the parings of potatoes, and now and then a hard crust of bread.
Ora, Dick tinha ouvido falar de muitas coisas muito estranhas sobre a grande cidade chamada Londres; pois as pessoas do campo, naquela época, pensavam que as pessoas em Londres eram todas cavalheiros e damas distintos; e que havia cantos e música lá o dia todo; e que as ruas eram todas pavimentadas com ouro.
Now Dick had heard a great many very strange things about the great city called London; for the country people at that time thought that folks in London were all fine gentlemen and ladies; and that there was singing and music there all day long; and that the streets were all paved with gold.
Um dia, uma grande carroça com oito cavalos, todos com sinos na cabeça, passou pela aldeia enquanto Dick estava perto do poste de sinalização.
One day a large waggon and eight horses, all with bells at their heads, drove through the village while Dick was standing by the sign-post.
Ele pensou que essa carroça devia estar indo para a bela cidade de Londres; então tomou coragem e pediu ao carroceiro que o deixasse caminhar com ele ao lado da carroça.
He thought that this waggon must be going to the fine town of London; so he took courage, and asked the waggoner to let him walk with him by the side of the waggon.
Assim que o carroceiro soube que o pobre Dick não tinha pai nem mãe, e viu por suas roupas esfarrapadas que ele não podia estar em pior situação do que estava, disse a ele que podia ir se quisesse, e então partiram juntos.
As soon as the waggoner heard that poor Dick had no father or mother, and saw by his ragged clothes that he could not be worse off than he was, he told him he might go if he would, so off they set together.
Assim, Dick chegou a salvo a Londres, e estava com tanta pressa de ver as belas ruas pavimentadas de ouro, que nem mesmo ficou para agradecer ao bondoso carroceiro; mas correu tão rápido quanto suas pernas podiam levá-lo, por muitas ruas, pensando a todo momento que chegaria àquelas que eram pavimentadas com ouro; pois Dick tinha visto uma guineu três vezes em sua própria aldeiazinha, e se lembrava de quanto dinheiro ela trazia em troco; então ele achou que não tinha nada a fazer a não ser recolher alguns pedacinhos do calçamento, e então teria tanto dinheiro quanto poderia desejar.
So Dick got safe to London, and was in such a hurry to see the fine streets paved all over with gold, that he did not even stay to thank the kind waggoner; but ran off as fast as his legs would carry him, through many of the streets, thinking every moment to come to those that were paved with gold; for Dick had seen a guinea three times in his own little village, and remembered what a deal of money it brought in change; so he thought he had nothing to do but to take up some little bits of the pavement, and should then have as much money as he could wish for.
O pobre Dick correu até ficar cansado, e tinha esquecido completamente o seu amigo carroceiro; mas, no final, percebendo que estava escurecendo e que, para qualquer lado que se virasse, via apenas sujeira em vez de ouro, ele se sentou em um canto escuro e chorou até dormir.
Poor Dick ran till he was tired, and had quite forgot his friend the waggoner; but at last, finding it grow dark, and that every way he turned he saw nothing but dirt instead of gold, he, sat down in a dark corner and cried himself to sleep.
O pequeno Dick passou a noite inteira nas ruas; e, na manhã seguinte, com muita fome, levantou-se e caminhou, e pediu a todos que encontrou que lhe dessem meio penny para não morrer de fome; mas ninguém parou para lhe responder, e apenas duas ou três pessoas lhe deram meio penny; de modo que o pobre menino logo ficou muito fraco e quase desmaiando por falta de comida.
Little Dick was all night in the streets; and next morning, being very hungry, he got up and walked about, and asked everybody he met to give him a halfpenny to keep him from starving; but nobody stayed to answer him, and only two or three gave him a halfpenny; so that the poor boy was soon quite weak and faint for the want of victuals.
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