Story | The Dead Tree
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| English Transcript | Tradução |
| The Dead Tree | A Árvore Morta |
| One winter, when I was still a child, my father needed firewood. | Num inverno, quando eu ainda era criança, meu pai estava precisando de lenha. |
| He looked for a dead tree and cut it down. | Procurou uma árvore morta e a cortou. |
| But when spring came, he saw that on the trunk of that tree he had cut, new shoots were being born. | Mas, quando chegou a primavera, viu que no tronco daquela árvore que tinha cortado, nasciam novos brotos. |
| My father was heartbroken. | Meu pai ficou desolado. |
| Then he said: | Então ele disse: |
| - I was sure that tree was dead. | - Tinha certeza de que aquela árvore estava morta. |
| It had lost all its leaves in the winter and it was so cold that the branches broke and fell to the ground, as if the old trunk had become lifeless. | Perdera todas as folhas no inverno e fazia tanto frio que os galhos quebraram e caíram no chão, como se o velho tronco tivesse ficado sem vida. |
| But now I realize that there was still life on that log. | Mas agora percebo que ainda existia vida naquele tronco. |
| Then he turned to me and said: | Depois voltou-se para mim e disse: |
| - Don't forget this lesson. | - Não esqueça esta lição. |
| Never cut a tree in winter. | Nunca corte uma árvore no inverno. |
| Do not make a negative decision in adverse weather. | Não tome uma decisão negativa no tempo adverso. |
| Never make important decisions when you are discouraged, depressed, and downcast. | Nunca tome decisões importantes quando se sentir desanimado, deprimido e com o espírito abatido. |
| Wait. | Espere. |
| Be patient. | Seja paciente. |
| The storm will pass. | A tormenta passará. |
| Remember: spring will return! | Lembre-se: a primavera voltará! |
Contagem de Palavras
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| Freq. | Palavra | Freq. | Palavra | Freq. | Palavra |
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| 7 | the | 6 | was | 6 | that |
| 5 | tree | 5 | he | 5 | and |
| 4 | a | 3 | winter | 3 | when |
| 3 | it | 3 | in | 3 | I |
| 3 | had | 3 | dead | 3 | cut |
| 2 | will | 2 | trunk | 2 | to |
| 2 | then | 2 | still | 2 | spring |
| 2 | said | 2 | on | 2 | never |
| 2 | my | 2 | make | 2 | father |
| 2 | but | 1 | you | 1 | were |
| 1 | weather | 1 | wait | 1 | turned |
| 1 | this | 1 | there | 1 | sure |
| 1 | storm | 1 | so | 1 | shoots |
| 1 | saw | 1 | return | 1 | remember |
| 1 | realize | 1 | patient | 1 | pass |
| 1 | one | 1 | old | 1 | of |
| 1 | now | 1 | not | 1 | new |
| 1 | negative | 1 | needed | 1 | me |
| 1 | lost | 1 | looked | 1 | log |
| 1 | lifeless | 1 | life | 1 | lesson |
| 1 | leaves | 1 | its | 1 | important |
| 1 | if | 1 | heartbroken | 1 | ground |
| 1 | forget | 1 | for | 1 | firewood |
| 1 | fell | 1 | downcast | 1 | down |
| 1 | don't | 1 | do | 1 | discouraged |
| 1 | depressed | 1 | decisions | 1 | decision |
| 1 | cold | 1 | child | 1 | came |
| 1 | broke | 1 | branches | 1 | born |
| 1 | being | 1 | become | 1 | be |
| 1 | as | 1 | are | 1 | all |
| 1 | adverse |
