Capa de The Golden Key

It was winter, and a little lad had gone out into the forest to gather wood to keep the fire going at home. As there was snow upon the ground he took his little sledge with him, for he could carry home a larger load on the sledge than on his back.

Era inverno, e um garotinho tinha saído para a floresta para juntar lenha e manter o fogo aceso em casa. Como havia neve no chão, ele levou consigo seu trenzinho, pois podia carregar para casa uma carga maior no trenó do que nas costas.

He gathered together a heap of fallen branches, and then piled them neatly on the sledge, putting the larger pieces at the bottom. Before he had finished the task his fingers were almost frozen, for he had no mittens. “Before I start to drag my sled home,” said he to himself, “I will build a fire and warm my hands a bit.”

Ele juntou um monte de galhos caídos, e depois os empilhou cuidadosamente no trenó, colocando os pedaços maiores embaixo. Antes de terminar a tarefa, seus dedos já estavam quase congelados, pois ele não tinha luvas. "Antes de começar a puxar meu trenó para casa", disse ele consigo mesmo, "vou fazer uma fogueira e esquentar um pouco as mãos."

He took a stick, and cleared away some of the snow, so as to have a place to build the fire. When he had done this he saw a little golden key lying there on the ground. The little lad picked it up, wondering. “Wherever there is a key, there must be a lock,” he said.

Ele pegou um graveto, e afastou um pouco da neve, para ter um lugar onde acender o fogo. Quando terminou isso, viu uma pequena chave dourada deitada ali no chão. O garotinho a pegou, intrigado. "Onde há uma chave, deve haver uma fechadura", disse ele.

He began to scrape away the earth, and presently he found a curious looking chest made of iron inlaid with silver. There were words written on the lid of the chest, but the little boy could not read them.

Começou a raspar a terra, e logo encontrou um baú de aparência curiosa, feito de ferro com incrustações de prata. Havia palavras escritas na tampa do baú, mas o menininho não conseguia lê-las.

He lifted the chest out from the earth, and it seemed to him that something was stirring inside of it. Then a little thin voice, as thin as a thread, cried to him. “Let me out! Let me out, and I will make your fortune.”

Ele ergueu o baú para fora da terra, e lhe pareceu que algo se mexia lá dentro. Então uma vozinha fina, fina como um fio, gritou para ele: "Deixe-me sair! Deixe-me sair, e eu farei a sua fortuna."

The little boy was very much surprised. The chest seemed too small for any living being to be in it.

O garotinho ficou muito surpreso. O baú parecia pequeno demais para qualquer ser vivo estar dentro dele.

“Who are you?” he asked.

"Quem é você?", perguntou ele.

“Open the chest and see. If you will only let me out you will never be sorry.”

"Abra o baú e veja. Se apenas me deixar sair, você nunca vai se arrepender."

The little boy put the golden key in the lock and it fitted exactly. He turned it round and the lock flew back. But as to what was in the chest you will have to wait until he lifts the lid before you can see.

O garotinho colocou a chave dourada na fechadura e ela encaixou perfeitamente. Ele a girou e a fechadura se abriu de repente. Mas quanto ao que havia dentro do baú, vocês terão de esperar até ele erguer a tampa para poder ver.

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  1. Why did the little lad go into the forest?

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    Resposta: To gather wood for the fire at home

    It was winter, and he had gone out to gather wood to keep the fire going at home.

  2. What did the boy find while clearing snow to build a fire?

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    Resposta: A little golden key

    As he cleared away the snow, he saw a little golden key lying on the ground.

  3. What did he find buried in the earth after finding the key?

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    Resposta: A curious iron chest inlaid with silver

    He scraped away the earth and found a chest made of iron inlaid with silver, with words on the lid he could not read.

  4. What happened when the boy lifted the chest out of the ground?

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    Resposta: A tiny voice cried out asking to be let out

    A thin little voice cried, "Let me out! Let me out, and I will make your fortune."

  5. How does the story end?

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    Resposta: The key fits the lock and turns, but we are left waiting to see what's inside

    The golden key fits exactly and the lock flies back, but the story ends before the lid is lifted.

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