CHAPTER 5

[Pinocchio is hungry and looks for an egg to cook himself an omelet; but, to his surprise, the omelet flies out of the window] [Pinóquio está com fome e procura um ovo para fazer uma omelete; mas, para sua surpresa, a omelete voa pela janela]

If the Cricket’s death scared Pinocchio at all, it was only for a very few moments. Se a morte do Grilo assustou Pinóquio, foi apenas por alguns momentos.

For, as night came on, a queer, empty feeling at the pit of his stomach reminded the Marionette that he had eaten nothing as yet. Pois, ao cair da noite, uma estranha sensação de vazio na boca do estômago lembrou à Marionete que ele ainda não havia comido nada. A boy’s appetite grows very fast, and in a few moments the queer, empty feeling had become hunger, and the hunger grew bigger and bigger, until soon he was as ravenous as a bear. O apetite de um menino cresce muito rápido e, em alguns momentos, a estranha sensação de vazio tornou-se fome, e a fome foi crescendo cada vez mais, até que logo ele estava faminto como um urso.

Poor Pinocchio ran to the fireplace where the pot was boiling and stretched out his hand to take the cover off, but to his amazement the pot was only painted! O pobre Pinóquio correu até a lareira onde a panela fervia e estendeu a mão para tirar a tampa, mas para seu espanto a panela estava apenas pintada!

Think how he felt! His long nose became at least two inches longer. Seu nariz comprido ficou pelo menos cinco centímetros mais comprido. He ran about the room, dug in all the boxes and drawers, and even looked under the bed in search of a piece of bread, hard though it might be, or a cookie, or perhaps a bit of fish. Correu pelo quarto, vasculhou todas as caixas e gavetas e até debaixo da cama procurou um pedaço de pão, por mais duro que fosse, ou um biscoito, ou talvez um pedaço de peixe.

A bone left by a dog would have tasted good to him! Um osso deixado por um cachorro teria um gosto bom para ele! But he found nothing. And meanwhile his hunger grew and grew. E enquanto isso sua fome crescia e crescia.

The only relief poor Pinocchio had was to yawn; and he certainly did yawn, such a big yawn that his mouth stretched out to the tips of his ears. O único alívio que o pobre Pinóquio teve foi bocejar; e ele certamente bocejou, um bocejo tão grande que sua boca se estendeu até a ponta das orelhas. Soon he became dizzy and faint. Logo ele ficou tonto e fraco. He wept and wailed to himself: "The Talking Cricket was right. It was wrong of me to disobey Father and to run away from home. If he were here now, I wouldn’t be so hungry! Oh, how horrible it is to be hungry! Oh, como é horrível passar fome! Suddenly, he saw, among the sweepings in a corner, something round and white that looked very much like a hen’s egg. De repente, ele viu, entre o lixo em um canto, algo redondo e branco que se parecia muito com um ovo de galinha.

In a jiffy he pounced upon it. Em um instante, ele se lançou sobre ela. It was an egg. Era um ovo. The Marionette’s joy knew no bounds.

It is impossible to describe it, you must picture it to yourself. É impossível descrevê-lo, você deve imaginá-lo para si mesmo. Certain that he was dreaming, he turned the egg over and over in his hands, fondled it, kissed it, and talked to it: Certo de que estava sonhando, revirou o ovo nas mãos, acariciou-o, beijou-o e conversou com ele: "And now, how shall I cook you?

Shall I make an omelet? No, it is better to fry you in a pan! Não, é melhor fritar na frigideira! Or shall I drink you? No, the best way is to fry you in the pan. You will taste better. Você vai saborear melhor. No sooner said than done.

He placed a little pan over a foot warmer full of hot coals. Ele colocou uma pequena panela sobre um aquecedor de pés cheio de brasas. In the pan, instead of oil or butter, he poured a little water. Na panela, em vez de óleo ou manteiga, derramou um pouco de água. As soon as the water started to boil--tac!--he broke the eggshell. Assim que a água começou a ferver - tac! - ele quebrou a casca do ovo. But in place of the white and the yolk of the egg, a little yellow Chick, fluffy and gay and smiling, escaped from it. Mas, no lugar da clara e da gema do ovo, escapou um pintinho amarelo, fofo, alegre e sorridente. Bowing politely to Pinocchio, he said to him: Curvando-se educadamente para Pinóquio, disse-lhe: "Many, many thanks, indeed, Mr. Pinocchio, for having saved me the trouble of breaking my shell! "Muito, muito obrigado, Sr. Pinóquio, por ter me poupado o trabalho de quebrar minha casca!

Good-by and good luck to you and remember me to the family! With these words he spread out his wings and, darting to the open window, he flew away into space till he was out of sight. Com essas palavras, ele abriu suas asas e, lançando-se para a janela aberta, voou para o espaço até sumir de vista.

The poor Marionette stood as if turned to stone, with wide eyes, open mouth, and the empty halves of the egg-shell in his hands. O pobre marionete ficou como que petrificado, com os olhos arregalados, a boca aberta e as metades vazias da casca do ovo nas mãos.

When he came to himself, he began to cry and shriek at the top of his lungs, stamping his feet on the ground and wailing all the while: Quando voltou a si, começou a chorar e gritar a plenos pulmões, batendo os pés no chão e lamentando o tempo todo: "The Talking Cricket was right!

If I had not run away from home and if Father were here now, I should not be dying of hunger. Oh, how horrible it is to be hungry! And as his stomach kept grumbling more than ever and he had nothing to quiet it with, he thought of going out for a walk to the near-by village, in the hope of finding some charitable person who might give him a bit of bread. E como o seu estômago roncava mais do que nunca e não tinha com que o acalmar, pensou em sair a passear até à aldeia vizinha, na esperança de encontrar algum caridoso que lhe desse um bocado de pão.