Brazilian Portuguese Stories

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273 episodes so far. Each opens the page of its text, where you can read along.

1. A Dona Baratinha (A1)

   A little cockroach with a ribbon in her hair asks every suitor the same question: what sound do you make at night?

   1:23

   1:23

2. A Vitória-régia (A1)

   A girl who wants to be a star reaches for the moon, and becomes the flower that opens at night.

   1:27

   1:27

3. O Lobisomem (A1)

   Every Friday night the town's hens scream; a girl finds out why, and keeps the secret.

   1:27

   1:27

4. A Caipora (A1)

   Two brothers go hunting; one leaves tobacco for the Caipora and one does not.

   1:32

   1:32

5. O Boto (A1)

   A stranger in white dances all night at the festa by the river, and never takes off his hat.

   1:38

   1:38

6. O Boitatá (A1)

   A snake made of fire rises from the lagoon the night a farmhand burns the field.

   1:52

   1:52
7. 

   O Saci (A1)

   A one-legged imp in a red cap turns a small farm upside down.

   1:48

   1:48
8. 

   A Mula sem Cabeça (A1)

   On Thursday nights something gallops in the dark. A girl is not afraid for long.

   1:56

   1:56
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   A Iara (A1)

   A fisherman hears a song on the river at sunset, and goes back every evening.

   1:43

   1:43
10. 

    O Curupira (A1)

    The Curupira protects the forest with backwards feet and a whistle.

    1:52

    1:52
11. 

    Elefantes e Ursos (B2)

    Colonel Ferraz loves telling wildly exaggerated hunting stories to a big audience, such as how he once saved a young prince from two elephants by the Ganges.

    3:46

    3:46
12. 

    Uma Carga de Sono (B2)

    So as not to miss his 5 a.m. train to Minas, Alfredo stays up all night.

    4:44

    4:44

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