Text interpretation: The thrush and the vulture

Text interpretation activity aimed at fourth or fifth year students, the text used in this interpretation is “The sabiá and the vulture”.

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

THE SABIÁ AND THE URUBU

IT WAS IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SUN DYED OUT ON THE HORIZON WHILE THE SHADOWS LENGTHENED ON THE EARTH. A SABIÁ SINGED SO BEAUTIFUL THAT EVEN THE ORANGE TREES SEEMED ABSORBED LISTENING.

WRINKLETHE URUBU IS ENVYED AND COMPLAINS:

– THIS LITTLE BIRD IS HARDLY OPENED AND THE WORLD IS BREATH. I, HOWEVER, AM A SCARECROW THAT EVERYONE RUNS AWAY WITH DISGUSMENT… IF HE ARRIVES, EVERYTHING REJOICES; IF I APPROACH, EVERYONE RETRACTS… THEY SAY, BRINGS HAPPINESS; ME, BAD OMEN… NATURE WAS UNFAIR AND CRUEL TO ME. BUT IT IS IN ME TO CORRECT NATURE; I'LL KILL HIM, AND IN THIS WAY I GET RID OF THE RAGE THAT HIS TIPS RAISES ME.

THINKING SO, HE CLOSED TO THE SABIÁ, WHICH WHEN SEEING HIM, HE ARMED HIS WINGS FOR THE ESCAPE.

– DON'T BE AFRAID, FRIEND! I COME CLOSER IN ORDER TO BETTER ENJOY THE DELIGHTS OF CORNER. DO YOU JUDGE THAT BECAUSE I'M A URUBU, I DON'T GIVE VALUE TO MASTERWORKS OF ART? LET'S GO, SING IT! SING AT THE FEET OF ME THAT MELODY WITH WHICH LITTLE YOU ENJOYED NATURE.

O NAIVE SABIÁ GAVE CREDIT TO THOSE LIARS GRASNOS AND HE ALLOWED THE TRICKAL URUBU TO APPROACH TO HIM. BUT THIS ONE, AS SOON AS HE PACKED HIM IN REACH, GIVEN HIM SUCH A PECK THAT MADE HIM TO FALL DYING.

PANTING, WITH EYES ALREADY GLASSED, THE LITTLE BIRD MOANS:

– WHAT HAD I DONE TO DESERVE SO MUCH FEROCITY?

– WHAT WRONG DID YOU? IT'S GOOD! SINGED!… SINGED DIVINELY WELL, AS NO BUTTONS WILL SING. HAVING TALENT: THIS IS THE GREAT CRIME!…

ENVY DOES NOT ADMIT MERITS.

LOBATO, MONTEIRO. FABLES.
SAO PAULO. EDITORA BRASILIENSE, 1994

TEXT COMPREHENSION

1. WHAT IS THE TITLE OF THE TEXT?

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1. WHO IS THE AUTHOR?

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1. HOW MANY PARAGRAPHS ARE THERE IN THE TEXT?

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1. WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERS IN THE TEXT?

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1. WHAT DOES EVERYONE THINK ABOUT THE SABIÁ?

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1. WHAT DOES EVERYONE FEEL ABOUT THE URUBUO?

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1. WHAT DOES THE vulture think of nature?

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1. WHAT DID THE URUBU DECIDED TO DO TO THE SABIÁ? IT'S BECAUSE?

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1. THE TEXT CONTAINS SOME UNDERLINED WORDS, LOOK FOR THEIR MEANING IN THE DICTIONARY AND WRITE WHAT MOST ADAPTS TO THE TEXT.

1.  EXPLAIN, WITH YOUR WORDS, THE MEANING OF THE MORAL OF THE HISTORY:

"ENVY DOES NOT ADMIT MERITS."

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