THE INSOMNIA OF THE ARMADILLO

      An armadillo with insomnia took his violin and started to play. The hens that were his neighbors woke up in the middle of the night with the sound and complained to the cock. The cock went to the house of the armadillo and said:

   -I am going to break that violin on your head. So you get to sleep and me and the hens also get.

   (Osmar Batista Leal)

    "A insônia do tatu", versão em português desta fábula, encontra-se no livro a PERSEVERANÇA DO TATU à venda no CLUBE DE AUTORES ou com o autor.

THE EXIT

   

   A man that lived in a hut on a hill woke up in the middle of the night hearing strange and different screams:

   -We are walking to the edge of the precipice!

   -Who will join together with us?

   -Who will follow us?

   The man had a big will to leave home, but controlled himself. He hadn’t courage to open the window, but looked through a crevice and saw a herd of pigs running down on the road. And then the man concluded:

   -The exorcism has started!

   (Osmar Batista Leal)  

     "A saída", versão em português desta fábula, encontra-se no livro A PERSEVERANÇA DO TATU à venda no CLUBE DE AUTORES ou com o autor.

THE LITTLE OLD MAN WHO HAD A BIG BAG

   

      A Turkey that was stuck in the bag of the Father Christmas wrote a letter to the little old man:

   -In this Christmas I want to receive one more year of life.

   And the good little old man answered:

   -One family already asked me to eat a turkey in this Christmas, but if you get two turkeys to me, I can give you the gift that you are asking me.

   The turkey wrote another letter asking:

   -Why do you want two turkeys if the family wants to eat only one turkey?

   And then the little old man who had a big bag answered with other question:

   -How do you think I would keep my big bag if I don’t aim for profits in my deal?

  (Osmar Batista Leal)

    

     "O velhinho do saco", versão em português desta fábula, encontra-se no livro A PERSEVERANÇA DO TATU, à venda no CLUBE DE AUTORES ou com o autor.

THE FEMALE CAT, THE MALE CAT, THE LITTLE CATS AND THE MONKEY

   

   The female cat, the male cat, the little cats and the monkey

   A cat knew that your girlfriend was pregnant and left home. And when the female cat already had given birth to the little cats, she discovered that their father frequented the Monkey’s bar.

   The female cat took her little cats, went to the Monkey’s bar, met the cat drinking, presented him the little children and asked for help. The cat looked at the eight little cats, after he looked at the monkey and said:

   -Serve one glass of milk for each one of them.

   But the monkey answered:

   -I don’t sell milk here in my bar!

  The cat looked at the eight little cats again, after he looked at the monkey and said:

   -Then serve one glass of vodka for each one of them.

   But the monkey answered:

   -I don’t sell alcoholic drinks to minors.

   And then the cat looked at the female cat and said:

   -As you saw, I would like to help. But you will have to continue wanting me until you meet me in another place.

   (Osmar Batista Leal)  

  "A gata, o gato, os gatinhos e o macaco" , versão em português desta fábula, encontra-se no livro A PERSEVERANÇA DO TATU, à venda no CLUBE DE AUTORES ou com o autor.

THE DEAD MOTHER OF THE DEAD FROG

     

     A frog stopped in front of traffic lights, waited for the green light and started to cross the street. But a car didn’t see that he was crossing, didn’t respect the light and passed on the frog.

   The soul of the dead frog met in the hereafter with his mother that was also dead and asked:

   -What did I do wrong, mother?

   And then the dead mother of the dead frog answered:

   You followed the laws of the men more than the laws of the nature.

  (Osmar Batista Leal) 

    "A mãe morta do sapo morto" versão em português desta fábula, encontra-se no livro A PERSEVERANÇA DO TATU, à venda no CLUBE DE AUTORES ou com o autor.

THE NERVOUS CHICK

    

   A chick was spurned by a hen because he was still very small to please her. The chick was nervous, went to the street and met a dove. The dove heard the sad history of the chick and said:

   -And why don’t you eat the feed that the men give to the chicks grow faster?

   And then the chick answered:

   -I am nervous because I already ate it and now I don’t want to be eaten by the men before I become a cock.

   (Osmar Batista Leal)   

     "O pinto nervoso", versão em português desta fábula, encontra-se no livro A PERSEVERANÇA DO TATU, à venda no CLUBE DE AUTORES ou com o autor.

THE QUESTIONER CHILD

  

   The teacher Laggard delivered a sheet with ten questions to his pupils. The little owl looked to the paper and asked:

   -In your classes who must be more interested in learning, teacher Laggard?

   The teacher Laggard answered:

   -You must be more interested in learning because I am already graduated.

   And the little owl asked another question:

   -Then why are you who ask the bigger number of questions?

(Osmar Batista Leal)           

    "A criança questionadora" ,versão em português desta fábula, encontra-se no livro A PERSEVERANÇA DO TATU, à venda no CLUBE DE AUTORES ou com o autor.