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Uma lenda africana
An African Folktale
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The story is told of an African king and his
close friend, who had grown up together. The
kings friend had a habit of looking at every
situation positively and remarking, This is
good!One day the king went on a hunting
expedition, and he gave his friend the job of
loading his guns and handing them to him.
Apparently the friend did something wrong
at some point, because
one gun misfired and
blew the kings thumb
off.
This is good! the
kings friend remarked
as usual.
No, this is notgood!
the king replied, and he
sent his friend to jail.
Conta-se a histria de dois homens: um rei
africano e seu amigo. Este tinha o hbito de
encarar toda e qualquer situao de forma
positiva e dizer: Isso bom!
Certo dia, ambos saram em um safri e omonarca incumbiu o outro
de carregar as
armas e as entregar para ele, conforme a
necessidade. Mas, por um descuido do
ajudante real, uma arma disparou
acidentalmente e
arrancou o
polegar do rei.
Isso bom!
comentou o
homem como
de costume.
No!
Isso no bom!
discordou o
rei e o enviou
para a priso.
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Cerca de um ano depois, aquele governante
caava em uma regio perigosa quando foi
capturado por canibais que o levaram para
sua aldeia e o prenderam pelas mos a um
poste.
Entretanto, quando
estavam prestes a atear
fogo madeira que
puseram ao redor dos ps
do capturado, notaramque no tinha todos os
dedos das mos. Por
isso, como a superstio
os proibia de se
alimentarem de algum
que tivesse sofridoalguma forma de
mutilao, desamarraram
o rei e o deixaram ir.
About a year later, the king was hunting in
an area that he shouldnt have ventured into.
Cannibals captured him and took him to their
village. They tied his hands, bound him to a
stake in the ground, andstacked firewood around
his feet.
However, just as they
were about to set fire to
the wood, they noticedthat the king was missing
a thumb. The cannibals
had a superstition that
forbad them from eating
anyone who was less
than whole, so theyuntied the king and sent
him on his way.
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A caminho de casa, o soberano lembrou-se
do incidente em que ficara sem o polegar e,
arrependido de como havia tratado o amigo,
tratou de ir logo aonde o companheiro estava
preso e o libertou.Voc tinha
razo. Foi mesmo bom
ter perdido o polegar!
reconheceu o rei.
Contou-lhe o ocorrido e
se desculpou.Perdoe-
me, bom amigo. O que
fiz a voc no foi bom.
Nada disso!
contestou o outroFoi
muito bom o que me fez.
Como assim? Como pode ter sido bom eu
fazer meu amigo passar um ano na priso?
inquiriu o monarca.
Se eu no estivesse preso, estaria com
voc quando foi capturado.
As the king traveled home, he was reminded
of the event that had taken his thumb, and he
regretted the way he had treated his friend. He
went straight to the jail and released his friend.
You were right, theking said. It was good
that my thumb was
blown off. And he
proceeded to tell his
friend about his brush
with death. I am sorry
for sending you to jail
for so long, he said.
That was very bad of
me!
No, his friend replied, this is good!
What do you mean, This is good? How
could it be good that I sent my friend to jail
for a year?
If I had not been in jail, the kings friend
replied, I would have been with you.
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Illustrations by Michael Furlong. Originally printed in
Activated! magazine. Used with
permission.
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