The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin — Page 3
Presently a little thread of blue _smoke_ from a wood fire came up from the top of the tree, and Nutkin peeped through the key-hole and sang--
Logo um pequeno fio de fumaça azul de uma fogueira subiu do topo da árvore, e Nutkin espiou pelo buraco da fechadura e cantou--
"A house full, a hole full! And you cannot gather a bowl-full!"
"Uma casa cheia, um buraco cheio! E você não pode encher uma tigela!"
The squirrels searched for nuts all over the island and filled their little sacks.
Os esquilos procuraram nozes por toda a ilha e encheram seus pequenos sacos.
But Nutkin gathered oak-apples--yellow and scarlet--and sat upon a beech-stump playing marbles, and watching the door of old Mr. Brown.
Mas Nutkin colheu galhas de carvalho--amarelas e escarlates--e sentou-se em um toco de faia jogando bolinhas de gude, e observando a porta do velho Sr. Brown.
On the third day the squirrels got up very early and went fishing; they caught seven fat minnows as a present for Old Brown.
No terceiro dia os esquilos acordaram muito cedo e foram pescar; eles apanharam sete gordas vairóas como presente para o Velho Brown.
They paddled over the lake and landed under a crooked chestnut tree on Owl Island.
Eles remaram pelo lago e desembarcaram sob um castanheiro torto na Ilha da Coruja.
Twinkleberry and six other little squirrels each carried a fat minnow; but Nutkin, who had no nice manners, brought no present at all.
Twinkleberry e seis outros pequenos esquilos carregavam cada um uma gorda vairóa; mas Nutkin, que não tinha boas maneiras, não trouxe nenhum presente.
He ran in front, singing--
Ele correu na frente, cantando--
"The man in the wilderness said to me, 'How many strawberries grow in the sea?' I answered him as I thought good-- 'As many red herrings as grow in the wood.'"
"O homem no deserto disse-me, 'Quantos morangos crescem no mar?' Respondi-lhe como me pareceu bem-- 'Tantos arenques vermelhos quantos crescem na floresta.'"
But old Mr. Brown took no interest in riddles--not even when the answer was provided for him.
Mas o velho Sr. Brown não demonstrou nenhum interesse em adivinhas--nem mesmo quando a resposta lhe era fornecida.
On the fourth day the squirrels brought a present of six fat beetles, which were as good as plums in _plum-pudding_ for Old Brown.
No quarto dia os esquilos trouxeram um presente de seis gordos besouros, que eram tão bons quanto ameixas no pudim de ameixa para o Velho Brown.
Each beetle was wrapped up carefully in a dock-leaf, fastened with a pine-needle pin.
Cada besouro foi cuidadosamente embrulhado numa folha de bardana, preso com um alfinete de agulha de pinheiro.
But Nutkin sang as rudely as ever-- "Old Mr. B!
Mas Nutkin cantou tão grosseiramente como sempre-- "Velho Sr. B!
Vocabulary
- Logo
- Soon, immediately, or right away
- um
- Indefinite article: a or an (masculine)
- pequeno
- Small or little in size
- fio
- Thread, wire, or thin strand
- de
- Preposition meaning of or from
- fumaça
- Smoke produced by fire or burning
- azul
- The color blue
- uma
- Indefinite article: a or an (feminine)
- fogueira
- Bonfire or open outdoor fire
- subiu
- Rose or went up (past tense of subir)
- do
- Contraction of de and o meaning of the
- topo
- Top or highest point of something
- da
- Contraction of de and a meaning of the
- árvore
- A tree, woody perennial plant
- e
- Conjunction meaning and
- espiou
- Peeked or spied (past tense of espiar)
- pelo
- Contraction of por and o meaning through or by the
- buraco
- Hole or opening in a surface
- fechadura
- Lock mechanism on a door or container
- cantou
- Sang (past tense of cantar)
- Uma
- Indefinite article: a or an (feminine)
- casa
- House or home
- cheia
- Full or filled (feminine form of cheio)
- cheio
- Full or filled (masculine adjective)
- E
- Conjunction meaning and
- você
- Second person singular pronoun meaning you
- não
- Negation word meaning no or not
- pode
- Can or is able to (third person singular)
- encher
- To fill something up completely
- tigela
- Bowl used for food or liquid
- Os
- Definite article the (masculine plural)
- esquilos
- Squirrels, small bushy-tailed rodents
- procuraram
- Searched or looked for (past tense)
- nozes
- Nuts or walnuts as food
- por
- Preposition meaning for, through, or by
- toda
- All or entire (feminine singular)
- a
- Definite article the (feminine singular)
- ilha
- Island, land surrounded by water
- encheram
- Filled up (past tense, third person plural)
- seus
- Possessive pronoun meaning their or his
- pequenos
- Small or little (masculine plural adjective)
- sacos
- Bags or sacks for carrying items
- Mas
- Conjunction meaning but or however
- colheu
- Harvested or gathered (past tense of colher)
- carvalho
- Oak tree, a large deciduous hardwood tree
- amarelas
- Yellow (feminine plural adjective)
- escarlates
- Scarlet or bright red (plural adjective)
- sentou
- Sat down (past tense of sentar)
- se
- Reflexive pronoun meaning himself, herself, or itself
- em
- Preposition meaning in, at, or on
- toco
- Tree stump left after cutting a tree
- jogando
- Playing or throwing (present participle of jogar)
- bolinhas
- Small balls or marbles used in play
- observando
- Watching or observing (present participle)
- porta
- Door of a building or room
- velho
- Old or elderly (masculine adjective)
- Sr.
- Abbreviation for Senhor meaning Mr.
- No
- Contraction of em and o meaning on the
- terceiro
- Third in ordinal sequence
- dia
- Day, a unit of time
- os
- Definite article the (masculine plural)
- acordaram
- Woke up (past tense, third person plural)
- muito
- Very or a lot, indicating great degree
- cedo
- Early in time or ahead of schedule
- foram
- Went or were (past tense of ir or ser)
- pescar
- To fish, to catch fish
- eles
- Third person plural pronoun meaning they
- apanharam
- Caught or grabbed (past tense, third person plural)
- sete
- The number seven
- gordas
- Fat or plump (feminine plural adjective)
- como
- As or like, used in comparisons
- presente
- Gift or present given to someone
- para
- Preposition meaning for or toward
- o
- Definite article the (masculine singular)
- Velho
- Old one, elderly person or creature
- Eles
- Third person plural pronoun meaning they
- remaram
- Rowed a boat (past tense, third person plural)
- lago
- Lake, a large body of fresh water
- desembarcaram
- Disembarked or landed from a boat
- sob
- Preposition meaning under or beneath
- castanheiro
- Chestnut tree, a large deciduous tree
- torto
- Crooked or twisted, not straight
- na
- Contraction of em and a meaning in the
- Ilha
- Island, land surrounded by water
- Coruja
- Owl, a nocturnal bird of prey
- seis
- The number six
- outros
- Others or other ones (masculine plural)
- carregavam
- Were carrying (imperfect past tense)
- cada
- Each or every individual item or person
- gorda
- Fat or plump (feminine singular adjective)
- mas
- Conjunction meaning but or however
- que
- Relative pronoun or conjunction meaning that or who
- tinha
- Had (imperfect past tense of ter)
- boas
- Good (feminine plural adjective)
- maneiras
- Manners or ways of behaving socially
- trouxe
- Brought (past tense of trazer)
- nenhum
- None or not any (masculine singular)
- Ele
- Third person singular pronoun meaning he
- correu
- Ran (past tense of correr)
- frente
- Front or ahead in direction
- cantando
- Singing (present participle of cantar)
- O
- Definite article the (masculine singular)
- homem
- Man, an adult male person
- no
- Contraction of em and o meaning in the
- deserto
- Desert, a dry barren landscape
- disse
- Said or told (past tense of dizer)
- me
- First person object pronoun meaning me
- Quantos
- How many (masculine plural interrogative)
- morangos
- Strawberries, small sweet red fruits
- crescem
- Grow (third person plural present tense)
- mar
- Sea or ocean, large body of salt water
- Respondi
- I replied or answered (past tense of responder)
- lhe
- Indirect object pronoun meaning to him or to her
- pareceu
- Seemed or appeared (past tense of parecer)
- bem
- Well or fine, indicating satisfaction or agreement
- Tantos
- So many or as many (masculine plural)
- vermelhos
- Red (masculine plural adjective)
- quantos
- As many as or how many (masculine plural)
- floresta
- Forest, a large area covered by trees
- demonstrou
- Demonstrated or showed (past tense of demonstrar)
- interesse
- Interest, curiosity or attention toward something
- adivinhas
- Riddles or guessing games with clues
- nem
- Nor or not even, adding negation
- mesmo
- Even or same, used for emphasis
- quando
- When, referring to a time or condition
- resposta
- Answer or response to a question
- era
- Was (imperfect past tense of ser)
- fornecida
- Provided or supplied (feminine past participle)
- quarto
- Fourth in ordinal sequence or a room
- trouxeram
- Brought (past tense, third person plural of trazer)
- gordos
- Fat or plump (masculine plural adjective)
- besouros
- Beetles, insects with hard wing covers
- eram
- Were (imperfect past tense, third person plural)
- tão
- So or as, used in comparisons of degree
- bons
- Good (masculine plural adjective)
- quanto
- As much as or how much
- ameixas
- Plums, sweet purple or red fruits
- pudim
- Pudding, a soft sweet dessert dish
- ameixa
- Plum, a sweet purple or red fruit
- Cada
- Each or every individual item or person
- besouro
- Beetle, an insect with hard wing covers
- foi
- Was or went (past tense of ser or ir)
- cuidadosamente
- Carefully, with great attention and caution
- embrulhado
- Wrapped up (masculine past participle of embrulhar)
- numa
- Contraction of em and uma meaning in a
- folha
- Leaf of a plant or sheet of paper
- preso
- Fastened or attached (past participle of prender)
- com
- Preposition meaning with or together with
- alfinete
- Pin, a thin pointed fastening device
- agulha
- Needle used for sewing or pinning
- pinheiro
- Pine tree, an evergreen coniferous tree
- grosseiramente
- Rudely or crudely, in an impolite manner
- sempre
- Always, at all times without exception
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