O Avô que Escreve Cartas
O avô Francisco escreve cartas à mão para os netos — numa época em que toda a gente escreve por mensagem.
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Story opening — Portuguese with English Translation
O avô Francisco tem setenta e oito anos e escreve cartas. Não escreve e-mails. Não escreve mensagens. Escreve cartas à mão, em papel creme, com uma caneta de tinta azul. Tem seis netos e escreve a cada um, todos os meses.
Grandfather Francisco is seventy-eight years old and writes letters. He doesn't write emails. He doesn't write messages. He writes letters by hand, on cream paper, with a blue ink pen. He has six grandchildren and he writes to each one, every month.
"Avô, porque é que não escreves por WhatsApp?", pergunta o neto mais novo, Tomás. "Escrevo com a mão porque a mão pensa", diz o avô. "Quando escrevo uma carta, escrevo o que sinto de verdade. Quando escrevo uma mensagem, escrevo depressa demais." Tomás não entende bem. Mas guarda todas as cartas do avô numa caixa de sapatos.
"Grandfather, why don't you write on WhatsApp?" asks his youngest grandson, Tomás. "I write by hand because the hand thinks," says his grandfather. "When I write a letter, I write what I truly feel. When I write a message, I write too quickly." Tomás doesn't quite understand. But he keeps all his grandfather's letters in a shoebox.
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Vocabulary Glossary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cartas | letters (postal) |
| à mão | by hand / handwritten |
| caneta de tinta | ink pen / fountain pen |
| caixa de sapatos | shoebox |
| endereço | address |
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