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A girl and two boys looking at a basket of fruit.

Castigo Punishment

Adelheid Marie Bwire

Melany Pietersen

Translators without Borders, Nádia Morais, Priscilla Freitas de Oliveira

Alfredo Ferreira

Portuguese

Level 2

A woman carrying a basket of fruit on her head and three children watching her from a house.

Um dia, a mamãe trouxe imensa fruta.

One day, mama got a lot of fruit.

A girl and two boys looking at a basket of fruit.

“Quando podemos comer alguma fruta?,” perguntámos. “Vamos comer fruta esta noite,” disse a mamãe.

“When can we have some fruit?” we ask. “We will have the fruit tonight,” says mama.

A boy eating lots of fruit.

O meu irmão Rahim é ganancioso. Provou a fruta toda e comeu muita fruta.

My brother Rahim is greedy. He tastes all the fruit. He eats a lot of it.

A sad-looking boy and girl looking at a half-eaten fruit basket.

“Vejam o que o Rahim fez”, gritou o meu irmão mais novo. “O Rahim é malandro e egoísta,” disse eu.

“Look at what Rahim did!” shouts my little brother. “Rahim is naughty and selfish,” I say.

An angry-looking woman standing in front of a half-eaten fruit basket.

A mamãe ficou zangada com o Rahim.

Mother is angry with Rahim.

An angry-looking boy and girl glaring at another boy.

Nós também ficamos zangados com o Rahim. Mas o Rahim não se arrependeu.

We are also angry with Rahim. But Rahim is not sorry.

A woman sitting on a chair knitting and a boy talking to her.

“Não vai castigar o Rahim?”, disse o irmão mais novo.

“Aren’t you going to punish Rahim?” asks little brother.

A woman, boy and girl talking to a boy standing in front of them.

“Rahim, vai se arrepender em breve,” disse a mamãe.

“Rahim, soon you will be sorry,” warns mama.

An ill-looking boy.

O Rahim não está se sentindo muito bem.

Rahim starts to feel sick.

An ill-looking boy holding his tummy standing in front of a woman.

“Dói muito a minha barriga,” murmura Rahim.

“My tummy is so sore,” whispers Rahim.

An ill-looking boy holding his tummy and covering his mouth leaving a room.

A mamãe sabia que isto ia acontecer. A fruta está castigando Rahim!

Mama knew this would happen. The fruit is punishing Rahim!

A woman, a boy and a girl putting their arms around another boy.

Mais tarde, Rahim nos pediu desculpa. “Não vou voltar a ser tão ganancioso,” prometeu. E nós acreditamos.

Later, Rahim says sorry to us. “I will never be so greedy again,” he promises. And we all believe him.

Written by: Adelheid Marie Bwire

Illustrated by: Melany Pietersen

Translated by: Translators without Borders, Nádia Morais, Priscilla Freitas de Oliveira

Read by: Alfredo Ferreira

Language: Portuguese

Level: Level 2

Source: Punishment from African Storybook

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