The wish ring (tradução)

Colégio Estadual Conselheiro Carrão

Titulo: The wish ring (tradução)

Trabalho apresentado à disciplina de inglês
Ministrada pela professora Vanessa

Bruno Cesar
Carol F. Oliveira 3ºA

Assai - 2012

The wish ring
A Young farmer was cutting hay in his Field. The day was warm and the work was hard. He stopped to have lunch. He sat under a tree to eat his meal of bread and cheese.
Just then he saw an old woman. She was so old that she could hardly walk. She looked hungrily at the farmer` s food. He said to her, “Rest here for a while. I will share my bread and cheese with you.” She sat and ate. (…) She said to the farmer, “You have been kind to me. Now I will be kind to you”. Walk for two days along this road. You will come to a tree that is very tall. (…) If you can cut it down, you will have good luck.”
The farmer picked up his ax. He began to walk. Sure enough, after two days he saw the tree. He cut it down. As it fell, a nest with two eggs dropped to the earth.
An eagle flew out of one egg. And out of the other egg rolled a ring. The eagle sailed into the air. As did, it cried out, “Take the ring! Put it on your finger and turn it once. It will give you a wish. But remember this! This ring can give you only one wish! So think carefully about what you want!” The farmer picked up the ring. (…) Then he started for home. Toward evening the farmer came to a town. As he walked down a street, he saw a jeweler sitting in his shop. The farmer wondered what the jeweler would say about his ring. So the farmer asked, “How much do you think this ring is worth?”
The farmer laughed. “It is not worth more than all of your rings. It is a wish ring.” (…)
The jeweler was greedy. He thought to himself, “I would like to have that, ring. It would make me rich.” He told the farmer, “You are tired. (…) Why don´ t you rest here tonight? He gave the farmer a meal and a place to stay. That night the farmer