Text interpretation activity aimed at fifth grade students, this activity uses the text “The legend of the royal victory”.
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The huge leaf floated in the waters of the river. It was so big that, if he wanted to, the curumim looking at it could turn it into a boat. He was tiny, born on a night of great storm. The first light that her little eyes saw was the blue flash of a strong ray, the one that had knocked down the great rubber tree, whose torn trunk was still there today.
– If someone should cut it, then it will be my son, who was born today”, said the chief when he saw it overturned after the storm. He will be strong and swift as lightning and, like this, he will have to cut it to make the uba with which he will fight and will conquer the torrent of the great rivers… ”
Perhaps, for this reason, that little curumim already felt so brave and capable of facing, alone, the dangers of the Amazon jungle. He walked for hours, aimlessly, cutting vines, hunting small mammals and birds; but to this day, in his seven years of age, he had not yet faced the torrent of the great river, which he now beheld.
Looking closely at those large leaves, he imagined navigating one of them, and wasted no time. He stepped very carefully – the Indians are always very cautious – and, feeling that she was supporting his weight, he slowly sat down, and with his little hands he improvised an oar. He went downriver.
It is true that the current favored it, but, however, twice it almost fell. Not for that he was intimidated. He sailed in his vegetable boat until he reached a small cove where he saw his mother and other Indian women who, in the sun, were fondling the curumins almost newborns rocking them with their songs, which speak of the moon, the mother of water of the sun and certain natural forces that very they fear.
Jumping ashore, he ran to his mother, very happy with the feat he had practiced:
– Mom, I have the boat. Can I fish in the big river now?”
- A boat? But that's just a wow; is a beautiful Indian that Tupã turned into a plant.”
– How, Mom? So it's not my boat? You always told me that one day I would have my uba…”
– My son, your boat, you will do it; this is just a sheet. It's Naia, who fell in love with the moon…”
– Who is Naia?” asked the little indian curious.
– I'll tell you… One day, a beautiful Indian girl, named Naia, fell in love with the moon. She was attracted to her and, as she wanted to reach her, she ran, ran, through valleys and mountains behind her. But the more they ran, the farther and taller it got. She gave up on reaching for it and went back to the taba.
– The moon always appeared and fled, and Naia wanted it more and more.
– One night, walking through the woods in the moonlight, Naia approached a lake and saw, reflected in it, the image of the moon.
– He felt happy; she thought she could reach it now, and throwing herself into the still waters of the lake, she sank.
– No one ever saw her again, but Tupã, taking pity on her, turned her into this beautiful plant, which blooms on every moon. However, uapê only opens its petals at night, in order to embrace the moon, which is reflected in its velvety corolla.
– See? So do not wish to take her to your boat. In it you will, of course, go to the bottom of the waters.
– My son, if you feel strong enough, take the ax and go cut that trunk that was defeated by lightning. He's been yours since you were born.
– From him you will make your uba; then you will sail without danger. Leave the great flower of the waters alone…”
This is how the story of the lily pad, or uapê, or iapunaque-uapê, the largest flower in the world, was born.
Axe, Irene. Literature and writing. São Paulo: Scipione, 1994. P. 105-106.
1) What is the title of the text?
2) What is the theme of the text?
3) Who is the author?
4) How many paragraphs does it contain?
5) Where does the story take place?
6) Who are the characters in the text?
7) Who tells the story of the royal victory?
8) What happened to Naia? It's because?
9) In your opinion, what do curumim and ubá mean?
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