The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 1
The Council with the Munchkins
O Conselho com os Munchkins
She was awakened by a shock, so sudden and severe that if Dorothy had not been lying on the soft bed she might have been hurt.
Ela foi despertada por um choque tão súbito e violento que, se Dorothy não estivesse deitada na cama macia, poderia ter se machucado.
As it was, the jar made her catch her breath and wonder what had happened; and Toto put his cold little nose into her face and whined dismally.
Mesmo assim, o solavanco fez com que ela prendesse a respiração e se perguntasse o que havia acontecido; e Totó enfiou seu narizinho frio em seu rosto e ganindo lamentavelmente.
Dorothy sat up and noticed that the house was not moving; nor was it dark, for the bright sunshine came in at the window, flooding the little room.
Dorothy se sentou e percebeu que a casa não estava se movendo; nem estava escuro, pois a luz solar brilhante entrava pela janela, inundando o pequeno quarto.
She sprang from her bed and with Toto at her heels ran and opened the door.
Ela saltou da cama e, com Totó a seus calcanhares, correu e abriu a porta.
The little girl gave a cry of amazement and looked about her, her eyes growing bigger and bigger at the wonderful sights she saw.
A menina soltou um grito de espanto e olhou ao seu redor, seus olhos ficando cada vez maiores diante das maravilhas que via.
The cyclone had set the house down very gently—for a cyclone—in the midst of a country of marvelous beauty.
O ciclone havia pousado a casa muito suavemente — para um ciclone — no meio de uma região de beleza maravilhosa.
There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits.
Havia belos trechos de gramado verdejante por toda parte, com árvores majestosas carregando frutos ricos e suculentos.
Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.
Canteiros de flores deslumbrantes estavam por todos os lados, e pássaros com plumagem rara e brilhante cantavam e esvoaçavam nas árvores e arbustos.
A little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling along between green banks, and murmuring in a voice very grateful to a little girl who had lived so long on the dry, gray prairies.
Um pouco mais adiante havia um pequeno riacho, correndo e cintilando entre margens verdes, e murmurando com uma voz muito agradável para uma menina que havia vivido tanto tempo nas pradarias secas e cinzentas.
While she stood looking eagerly at the strange and beautiful sights, she noticed coming toward her a group of the queerest people she had ever seen.
Enquanto ela ficava olhando ansiosamente para as paisagens estranhas e belas, ela notou aproximando-se dela um grupo das pessoas mais estranhas que jamais havia visto.
Vocabulary
- Conselho
- Council or advice given to someone
- despertada
- Awakened or roused from sleep
- choque
- Shock or sudden jarring impact felt
- súbito
- Sudden or happening without prior warning
- violento
- Violent or forceful in nature
- estivesse
- Past subjunctive of 'estar': 'were' or 'was'
- deitada
- Lying down in a resting position
- cama
- Bed used for sleeping or resting
- macia
- Soft and gentle to the touch
- poderia
- Conditional form of 'poder': 'could' or 'might'
- machucado
- Hurt or injured physically
- Mesmo
- Even or same; used for emphasis
- assim
- Adverb meaning 'even so' or 'thus'
- solavanco
- Jolt or sudden rough bump experienced
- prendesse
- Past subjunctive of 'prender': 'to hold' or 'catch'
- respiração
- The act of breathing; breath
- perguntasse
- Past subjunctive of 'perguntar': 'to ask'
- havia
- Imperfect of 'haver': 'there was' or 'had'
- acontecido
- Past participle of 'acontecer': 'happened' or 'occurred'
- enfiou
- Pushed or thrust something into a place
- narizinho
- Diminutive of 'nariz': little nose
- frio
- Cold in temperature or feeling
- rosto
- Face or the front of the head
- ganindo
- Whining or yelping like a dog
- lamentavelmente
- Sadly or in a pitiful mournful manner
- sentou
- Past tense of 'sentar': 'sat down'
- percebeu
- Realized or noticed something for the first time
- casa
- House or home where one lives
- movendo
- Moving or being in motion
- nem
- Conjunction meaning 'nor' or 'not even'
- escuro
- Dark or lacking light
- pois
- Conjunction meaning 'because' or 'since'
- luz
- Light from the sun or artificial source
- solar
- Relating to the sun or sunlight
- brilhante
- Bright, shining, or brilliant in appearance
- entrava
- Imperfect of 'entrar': 'was entering' or 'came in'
- janela
- Window in a wall or building
- inundando
- Flooding or filling completely with something
- pequeno
- Small or little in size
- quarto
- Room used for sleeping; bedroom
- saltou
- Jumped or leaped from a position
- calcanhares
- Heels of the feet
- correu
- Past tense of 'correr': 'ran' quickly
- abriu
- Past tense of 'abrir': 'opened' something
- porta
- Door allowing entry or exit
- menina
- Girl or young female child
- soltou
- Released or let out suddenly
- grito
- Shout or cry of strong emotion
- espanto
- Astonishment or sudden fright and surprise
- olhou
- Past tense of 'olhar': 'looked' at something
- redor
- Surroundings or area around a person
- olhos
- Eyes, the organs used for seeing
- ficando
- Becoming or staying in a state
- cada
- Adjective meaning 'each' or 'every'
- vez
- Time or instance of something occurring
- maiores
- Comparative plural of 'grande': 'bigger' or 'larger'
- diante
- In front of or before something
- maravilhas
- Wonders or marvels that inspire amazement
- via
- Imperfect of 'ver': 'was seeing' or 'saw'
- ciclone
- Cyclone or violent rotating windstorm
- pousado
- Landed or settled down gently somewhere
- suavemente
- Gently or softly in a smooth manner
- meio
- Middle or center of something
- região
- Region or geographic area of land
- beleza
- Beauty or quality of being beautiful
- maravilhosa
- Wonderful or marvelous and amazing
- Havia
- Imperfect of 'haver': 'there were' or 'existed'
- belos
- Masculine plural of 'belo': 'beautiful' or 'lovely'
- trechos
- Stretches or sections of land or text
- gramado
- Lawn or grassy area of land
- verdejante
- Lush and green with fresh vegetation
- parte
- Part or portion of a whole
- árvores
- Trees, tall woody plants in nature
- majestosas
- Majestic or impressively grand and stately
- carregando
- Carrying or bearing something such as fruit
- frutos
- Fruits produced by trees or plants
- ricos
- Rich or abundant in quality or quantity
- suculentos
- Juicy or succulent with rich moisture
- Canteiros
- Flower beds or garden plots
- flores
- Flowers, colorful blooms of plants
- deslumbrantes
- Dazzling or stunningly beautiful to behold
- lados
- Sides or directions around a place
- pássaros
- Birds of various species found in nature
- plumagem
- Plumage or the feathers covering a bird
- rara
- Rare or uncommon and unusual
- cantavam
- Imperfect of 'cantar': 'were singing'
- esvoaçavam
- Were fluttering or flitting about
- arbustos
- Shrubs or bushes growing in a garden
- pouco
- A little or small amount of something
- adiante
- Ahead or further forward in distance
- riacho
- Stream or small flowing body of water
- correndo
- Running or flowing swiftly in motion
- cintilando
- Sparkling or glittering with reflected light
- entre
- Preposition meaning 'between' or 'among'
- margens
- Banks or edges of a river or stream
- verdes
- Green in color, plural form
- murmurando
- Murmuring or making a soft gentle sound
- voz
- Voice or sound produced by speaking
- agradável
- Pleasant or agreeable to the senses
- vivido
- Past participle of 'viver': 'lived' or 'experienced'
- tanto
- So much or so many in quantity
- tempo
- Time or weather, depending on context
- pradarias
- Prairies or wide open grassy plains
- secas
- Dry or lacking moisture, feminine plural
- cinzentas
- Gray or ashen in color, feminine plural
- Enquanto
- While or during the time that
- ficava
- Imperfect of 'ficar': 'was staying' or 'remained'
- olhando
- Looking at or gazing upon something
- ansiosamente
- Anxiously or with curiosity and eagerness
- paisagens
- Landscapes or scenic views of nature
- estranhas
- Strange or unfamiliar and unusual
- belas
- Beautiful or lovely, feminine plural form
- notou
- Noticed or observed something for the first time
- aproximando-se
- Approaching or drawing nearer to a place
- grupo
- Group or collection of people together
- pessoas
- People or persons in general
- jamais
- Never or at no time ever before
- visto
- Past participle of 'ver': 'seen' before
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