A Princesa que Não Queria Casar com o Pai
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Story opening — Portuguese with English Translation
Era uma vez um rei e uma rainha. Poucos anos depois do casamento, a rainha adoeceu e morreu. No leito de morte, deixou um anel sobre a mesa e disse ao rei para casar com quem aquele anel servisse. Ora aconteceu que a princesa, filha de ambos, se aproximou da mesa por acaso, viu o anel e experimentou-o. Ajustava-lhe na perfeição. Correu a dizer ao pai. O rei respondeu, perturbado: "Minha filha, terás de casar comigo, porque a tua mãe expressou o desejo de que eu casasse com quem este anel servisse."
Once there was a king and a queen. A few years after their marriage, the queen fell ill and died. On her deathbed, she left a ring on a table and told the king to marry whoever that ring fitted. It so happened that the princess, their daughter, approached the table by chance, saw the ring and tried it on. It fitted her perfectly. She ran to tell her father. The king replied, troubled: "My daughter, you will have to marry me, because your mother expressed the wish that I should marry whoever this ring fitted."
A princesa, aterrorizada com aquela ideia, fechou-se no quarto cujas janelas davam para o jardim e pôs-se a chorar. Mas logo apareceu à janela uma velhinha que lhe perguntou: "Porque choras, senhora real?" A princesa contou-lhe tudo. A velhinha disse: "Escuta-me, senhora real. Vai dizer ao teu pai que só casarás com ele quando ele te trouxer um vestido da cor das estrelas do céu." E desapareceu. A princesa foi ter com o rei e disse-lhe isso mesmo. O pai saiu e voltou com o vestido pronto. A princesa fechou-se de novo a chorar.
The princess, terrified by that idea, shut herself in the room whose windows looked onto the garden and began to weep. But soon an old woman appeared at the window and asked her: "Why do you weep, royal lady?" The princess told her everything. The old woman said: "Listen to me, royal lady. Go and tell your father that you will only marry him when he brings you a dress the colour of the stars in the sky." And she disappeared. The princess went to the king and told him exactly that. The father went out and returned with the dress ready made. The princess shut herself away again, weeping.
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Vocabulary Glossary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vestido da cor das estrelas | dress the colour of the stars (impossible magical garment) |
| vestido da cor das flores do campo | dress the colour of wild flowers |
| vestido de madeira | wooden dress (disguise) |
| Maria do Pau | Mary of Wood (the princess's assumed name in disguise) |
| varinha de condão | magic wand |
| festa real | royal feast, court celebration |
| terra da bota | land of the boot (Maria do Pau's coded reply to the king) |
| terra da toalha | land of the towel |
| terra do bordão | land of the walking stick |
| chinela | slipper, shoe |
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