Capa de The Fox as Herdsman

Once on a time there was a woman who went out to hire a herdsman, and she met a bear.

Era uma vez uma mulher que saiu para contratar um pastor, e ela encontrou um urso.

“Whither away, Goody?” said Bruin.

"Para onde vai, mocinha?" disse Urso.

“Oh, I’m going out to hire a herdsman”, answered the woman.

"Ah, estou saindo para contratar um pastor", respondeu a mulher.

“Why not have me for a herdsman?” said Bruin.

"Por que não me contrata como pastor?" disse Urso.

“Well, why not?” said the woman. “If you only knew how to call the flock; just let me hear?”

"Bem, por que não?" disse a mulher. "Se você souber como chamar o rebanho; deixe-me ouvir?"

“OW, OW!” growled the bear.

"UAU, UAU!" rosnou o urso.

“No, no! I won’t have you”, said the woman, as soon as she heard him say that, and off she went on her way.

"Não, não! não vou te contratar", disse a mulher, assim que o ouviu dizer aquilo, e seguiu seu caminho.

So, when she had gone a bit further, she met a wolf.

Então, quando havia caminhado um pouco mais, ela encontrou um lobo.

“Whither away, Goody?” asked the Wolf.

"Para onde vai, mocinha?" perguntou o Lobo.

“Oh!” said she, “I’m going out to hire a herdsman.”

"Ah!" disse ela, "estou saindo para contratar um pastor."

“Why not have me for a herdsman?” said the Wolf.

"Por que não me contrata como pastor?" disse o Lobo.

“Well, why not? if you can only call the flock; let me hear?” said she.

"Bem, por que não? se você souber chamar o rebanho; deixe-me ouvir?" disse ela.

“UH, UH!” said the Wolf.

"UH, UH!" disse o Lobo.

“No, no!” said the woman; “you’ll never do for me.”

"Não, não!" disse a mulher; "você nunca vai servir para mim."

Well, after she had gone a while longer, she met a fox.

Bem, depois de caminhar mais um pouco, ela encontrou uma raposa.

“Whither away, Goody?” asked the Fox.

"Para onde vai, mocinha?" perguntou a Raposa.

“Oh, I’m just going out to hire a herdsman”, said the woman.

"Ah, estou só saindo para contratar um pastor", disse a mulher.

“Why not have me for your herdsman?” asked the Fox.

"Por que não me contrata como seu pastor?" perguntou a Raposa.

“Well, why not?” said she; “if you only knew how to call the flock; let me hear?”

"Bem, por que não?" disse ela; "se você souber como chamar o rebanho; deixe-me ouvir?"

“DIL-DAL-HOLOM”, sung out the Fox, in such a fine clear voice.

"DIL-DAL-HOLOM", cantou a Raposa, com uma voz tão fina e clara.

“Yes; I’ll have you for my herdsman”, said the woman; and so she set the Fox to herd her flock.

"Sim; vou te contratar como meu pastor", disse a mulher; e assim ela pôs a Raposa para cuidar do seu rebanho.

The first day the Fox was herdsman he ate up all the woman’s goats; the next day he made an end of all her sheep; and the third day he ate up all her kine. So, when he came home at even, the woman asked what he had done with all her flocks?

No primeiro dia em que a Raposa foi pastora, ela comeu todas as cabras da mulher; no dia seguinte, ela acabou com todas as suas ovelhas; e no terceiro dia comeu todo o seu gado. Então, quando ela voltou para casa à noite, a mulher perguntou o que tinha acontecido com todo o seu rebanho?

“Oh!” said the Fox, “their skulls are in the stream, and their bodies in the holt.”

"Ah!" disse a Raposa, "os crânios estão no riacho, e os corpos no bosque."

Now, the Goody stood and churned when the fox said this, but she thought she might as well step out and see after her flock; and while she was away the Fox crept into the churn and ate up the cream. So when the Goody came back and saw that, she fell into such a rage, that she snatched up the little morsel of the cream that was left, and threw it at the fox as he ran off, so that he got a dab of it on the end of his tail, and that’s the reason why the fox has a white tip to his brush.

Ora, a mocinha estava batendo manteiga quando a raposa disse isso, mas pensou que bem podia sair para ver o seu rebanho; e enquanto ela estava fora, a Raposa entrou de fininho na batedeira e comeu o creme. Então, quando a mocinha voltou e viu aquilo, ficou tão furiosa que agarrou o pequeno resto de creme que sobrara e o jogou na raposa enquanto ela fugia, de modo que ela acabou levando um pouco na ponta do rabo, e é por isso que a raposa tem a ponta do rabo branca.

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  1. Why does the woman refuse to hire the bear as herdsman?

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    Resposta: His growled call sounds all wrong for calling the flock

    When the bear growls 'OW, OW!' to show how he'd call the flock, she immediately says 'I won't have you' and walks off.

  2. Why does the woman finally decide to hire the fox?

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    Resposta: He sings the flock's call in a fine, clear voice

    The Fox sings 'DIL-DAL-HOLOM' so beautifully that the woman says, 'I'll have you for my herdsman.'

  3. What does the fox actually do with the woman's goats, sheep, and cattle over three days?

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    Resposta: He eats every one of them

    The text says he 'ate up all the woman's goats' on the first day, then all her sheep, then all her cattle.

  4. What cryptic answer does the fox give when the woman asks what happened to her flock?

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    Resposta: That their skulls are in the stream and their bodies in the holt

    The fox says, 'their skulls are in the stream, and their bodies in the holt' — a true but misleading answer she doesn't understand yet.

  5. According to the story, how did the fox come to have a white tip on his tail?

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    Resposta: The angry woman threw the last of the cream at him as he fled

    After catching the fox eating her cream, the enraged woman 'threw it at the fox as he ran off,' marking the tip of his tail — 'that's the reason why the fox has a white tip to his brush.'

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