The Dog & His Reflection

A dog found a big piece of meat.

Um cão encontrou um grande pedaço de carne.

He was very happy.

Ele ficou muito feliz.

He picked up the meat with his mouth and started to go home.

Ele pegou a carne com a boca e começou a ir para casa.

On his way home, the dog had to cross a small bridge over a river.

No caminho de casa, o cão teve de atravessar uma pequena ponte sobre um rio.

When he looked down into the water, he saw another dog.

Quando olhou para baixo, para a água, viu outro cão.

This other dog also had a piece of meat in his mouth.

Este outro cão também tinha um pedaço de carne na boca.

The dog thought, "That dog has meat too!

O cão pensou: "Aquele cão também tem carne!

His meat looks bigger than mine.

A carne dele parece maior que a minha.

I want his meat!" The dog opened his mouth to bark at the other dog.

Eu quero a carne dele!" O cão abriu a boca para latir para o outro cão.

He wanted to take the other dog's meat.

Ele queria pegar a carne do outro cão.

But when he opened his mouth, his own piece of meat fell into the water.

Mas quando abriu a boca, seu próprio pedaço de carne caiu na água.

The meat sank down into the river.

A carne afundou no rio.

The dog could not get it back.

O cão não conseguiu recuperá-la.

Now the dog had no meat at all.

Agora o cão não tinha carne alguma.

He was very sad.

Ele ficou muito triste.

The other dog in the water was gone too.

O outro cão na água também havia desaparecido.

The dog learned that the other dog was just his reflection in the water.

O cão descobriu que o outro cão era apenas o seu reflexo na água.

There was no other dog.

Não havia outro cão.

There was no other piece of meat.

Não havia outro pedaço de carne.

The dog went home hungry because he wanted too much.

O cão voltou para casa faminto porque quis demais.