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| The Girl in the Blue Dress | A Menina do Vestido Azul |
| In a poor neighborhood in a distant city, lived a very pretty little girl. | Num bairro pobre de uma cidade distante, morava uma garotinha muito bonita. |
| It turns out that this girl attended classes at the local school in the most pitiful state: her clothes were so old that her teacher decided to give her a new dress. | Acontece que essa menina freqüentava as aulas da escolinha local no mais lamentável estado: suas roupas eram tão velhas que seu professor resolveu dar-lhe um vestido novo. |
| So the master reasoned: "It is a pity that such a charming student comes to class messed up like that. Perhaps, with some sacrifice, I could buy her a blue dress." | Assim raciocinou o mestre: "é uma pena que uma aluna tão encantadora venha às aulas desarrumada desse jeito. Talvez, com algum sacrifício, eu pudesse comprar para ela um vestido azul." |
| When the girl got her new clothes, her mother did not think it reasonable that, with that beautiful costume, her daughter would continue to go to school as dirty as always, and began to bathe her every day, before school. | Quando a garota ganhou a roupa nova, sua mãe não achou razoável que, com aquele traje tão bonito, a filha continuasse a ir ao colégio suja como sempre, e começou a dar-lhe banho todos os dias, antes das aulas. |
| After a week, the father said: | Ao fim de uma semana, disse o pai: |
| "Woman, don't you think it is a shame that our daughter, being so beautiful and well-groomed, lives in a place like this, falling apart? How about you fix the house a little while, in my spare time, I paint the walls, fix the fence, plant a garden? " | "Mulher, você não acha uma vergonha que nossa filha, sendo tão bonita e bem arrumada, more num lugar como este, caindo aos pedaços? Que tal você ajeitar um pouco a casa, enquanto eu, nas horas vagas, vou dando uma pintura nas paredes, consertando a cerca, plantando um jardim?" |
| And so did the humble couple. | E assim fez o humilde casal. |
| Until his house was much more beautiful than all the houses on the street and the neighbors were ashamed and also started to renovate their homes. | Até que sua casa ficou muito mais bonita que todas as casas da rua e os vizinhos se envergonharam e se puseram também a reformar suas residências. |
| In this way, the whole neighborhood improved visibly, when a politician passed by, who, very impressed, said: | Desse modo, todo o bairro melhorava a olhos vistos, quando passou um político que, bem impressionado, disse: |
| "It is unfortunate that people so hardworking do not receive any help from the government." | "É lamentável que gente tão esforçada não receba nenhuma ajuda do governo". |
| And from there he went to speak to the mayor, who authorized him to organize a commission to study what improvements were needed in the neighborhood. | E dali saiu para ir falar com o prefeito, que o autorizou a organizar uma comissão para estudar que melhoramentos eram necessários ao bairro. |
| Many others emerged from this first commission and today, throughout the country, they have helped poor neighborhoods to rebuild themselves. | Dessa primeira comissão surgiram muitas outras e hoje, por todo o país, elas ajudaram os bairros pobres a se reconstruírem. |
| And to think that it all started with a blue dress. | E pensar que tudo começou com um vestido azul. |
| It was not the intention of that simple teacher to repair the entire street, nor to create a body that would help abandoned neighborhoods across the country. | Não era intenção daquele simples professor consertar toda a rua, nem criar um organismo que socorresse os bairros abandonados de todo o país. |
| But he did what he could, he gave his part, he made the first move, which triggered all that transformation. | Mas ele fez o que podia, ele deu a sua parte, ele fez o primeiro movimento, do qual se desencadeou toda aquela transformação. |
| It is difficult to rebuild a neighborhood, but it is possible to give a blue dress. | É difícil reconstruir um bairro, mas é possível dar um vestido azul. |
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