Piccolissima — Page 10
Piccolissima, from her education, resembled the flies a little too much to boast of her perseverance.
Piccolissima, pela sua educação, assemelhava-se às moscas um pouco demais para se orgulhar da sua perseverança.
So she gave up her project.
Assim, ela abandonou o seu projeto.
While bending her small head over these eyes, she distinguished, at the bottom of these crystals, a moving dark spot, and thousands of little Piccolissimas, one after the other, smiled upon her from these little mirrors.
Enquanto inclinava a sua pequena cabeça sobre esses olhos, ela distinguiu, no fundo desses cristais, uma mancha escura em movimento, e milhares de pequenas Piccolissimas, uma após a outra, sorriam-lhe a partir desses pequenos espelhos.
O, wonderful! these thousands of crystal groups on each side of the head were not all; a triangle of three diamonds crowned the forehead of the fly.
Oh, que maravilha! esses milhares de grupos de cristais em cada lado da cabeça não eram tudo; um triângulo de três diamantes coroava a testa da mosca.
Piccolissima did not know the name they give to these small eyes, nor that a writer on the subject had said, that the diadem of the fly outshines that of queens, but she could not refrain from saying aloud, "O, my little friend, pray tell me what you do with so many eyes?"
Piccolissima não sabia o nome que dão a esses pequenos olhos, nem que um escritor sobre o assunto tinha dito que o diadema da mosca supera o das rainhas, mas ela não pôde deixar de dizer em voz alta: "Oh, minha pequena amiga, diga-me por favor o que faz com tantos olhos?"
"What do I do with them, indeed! why, I look," answered the fly, a little vexed at being disturbed in his repast.
"O que faço com eles, ora essa! pois, eu olho", respondeu a mosca, um pouco irritada por ser perturbada na sua refeição.
"Are there not fingers, nails, pins, pincers, jaws, claws, beaks, which menace me on every side?
"Não há dedos, unhas, alfinetes, pinças, mandíbulas, garras, bicos, que me ameaçam por todos os lados?
Do I not want eyes to see at a distance, and eyes to see near?
Não preciso de olhos para ver ao longe, e olhos para ver de perto?
And do you not know that my head is better put on than yours, which cannot turn to all points of the compass?"
E não sabe que a minha cabeça está melhor colocada do que a sua, que não consegue girar para todos os pontos da bússola?"
"What! can you look behind you without turning your head?"
"Como! consegue olhar para trás sem virar a cabeça?"
Vocabulary
- pela
- By the; through the (preposition + article contraction).
- sua
- Her; his; your (possessive adjective).
- educação
- Education; upbringing; manners and politeness.
- assemelhava-se
- Resembled; looked like (reflexive verb, imperfect tense).
- às
- To the; at the (preposition + feminine plural article).
- moscas
- Flies (plural of mosca, the insect).
- um
- One; a (indefinite article, masculine singular).
- pouco
- Little; a small amount of something.
- demais
- Too much; excessively; in excess.
- para
- For; in order to; toward (preposition).
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself; himself; herself; themselves.
- orgulhar
- To be proud; to take pride in.
- da
- Of the; from the (preposition + feminine article).
- perseverança
- Perseverance; persistence; steadfastness in effort.
- Assim
- Thus; so; in this way; therefore.
- ela
- She; her (personal pronoun).
- abandonou
- Abandoned; gave up; left behind (past tense).
- seu
- His; her; your; its (possessive adjective).
- projeto
- Project; plan; undertaking or scheme.
- Enquanto
- While; as; during the time that.
- inclinava
- Inclined; bent; leaned over (imperfect tense).
- pequena
- Small; tiny; little (feminine adjective).
- cabeça
- Head; the upper part of body.
- sobre
- Over; on; about; concerning (preposition).
- esses
- Those; those ones (demonstrative pronoun, masculine).
- olhos
- Eyes; plural of olho (body part).
- distinguiu
- Distinguished; made out; discerned clearly (past tense).
- no
- In the; on the (preposition + article).
- fundo
- Bottom; depth; background of something.
- desses
- Of those; from those (contraction).
- cristais
- Crystals; plural of cristal (clear mineral).
- uma
- A; one (indefinite article, feminine singular).
- mancha
- Stain; spot; mark or blemish.
- escura
- Dark; obscure (feminine adjective).
- em
- In; on; at (preposition).
- movimento
- Movement; motion; action or activity.
- milhares
- Thousands; plural of milhar (one thousand).
- de
- Of; from; made of (preposition).
- pequenas
- Small; tiny (feminine plural adjective).
- após
- After; following; subsequent to (preposition).
- outra
- Another; other one (feminine pronoun).
- sorriam-lhe
- Smiled at her; smiled to her (past tense).
- partir
- To leave; to depart; to start journey.
- espelhos
- Mirrors; plural of espelho (reflective surface).
- que
- What; which; that (relative/interrogative pronoun).
- maravilha
- Wonder; marvel; something amazing or wonderful.
- grupos
- Groups; sets; collections of things or people.
- cada
- Each; every; one by one.
- lado
- Side; edge; lateral part or direction.
- não
- No; not (negation).
- eram
- Were; plural past of ser (to be).
- tudo
- Everything; all; the whole thing.
- triângulo
- Triangle; three-sided geometric shape.
- três
- Three; number 3.
- diamantes
- Diamonds; plural of diamante (precious gem).
- coroava
- Crowned; adorned with crown (imperfect tense).
- testa
- Forehead; front part of head.
- mosca
- Fly; small flying insect.
- sabia
- Knew; understood (imperfect past tense).
- nome
- Name; designation; what something is called.
- dão
- Give; they give (present tense).
- nem
- Neither; nor; not even.
- escritor
- Writer; author (person who writes).
- assunto
- Subject; topic; matter discussed.
- tinha
- Had; possessed (imperfect past tense).
- dito
- Said; told; aforementioned or aforesaid.
- diadema
- Diadem; crown; ornamental headpiece worn.
- supera
- Surpasses; exceeds; goes beyond in excellence.
- rainhas
- Queens; plural of rainha (female monarch).
- mas
- But; however; yet (conjunction).
- pôde
- Could; was able to (past tense).
- deixar
- To leave; to let; to allow.
- dizer
- To say; to tell; to speak.
- voz
- Voice; sound produced by mouth or throat.
- alta
- High; loud; elevated in pitch or volume.
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