The Dog and the Bone
A free B1-level English story for language learners, readable online in 7 languages, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
Crossing a bridge with a piece of meat in his mouth, a dog spots his own reflection in the water and mistakes it for another dog with a bigger prize.
A Dog was crossing a plank bridge over a stream with a piece of meat in his mouth, when he happened to see his own reflection in the water. He thought it was another dog with a piece of meat twice as big; so he let go his own, and flew at the other dog to get the larger piece. But, of course, all that happened was that he got neither; for one was only a shadow, and the other was carried away by the current.
Um Cão atravessava uma ponte de tábuas sobre um riacho com um pedaço de carne na boca, quando avistou seu próprio reflexo na água. Pensou que fosse outro cão com um pedaço de carne duas vezes maior; então largou o seu e avançou sobre o outro cão para pegar o pedaço maior. Mas, é claro, tudo o que aconteceu foi que ficou sem nenhum dos dois: um era apenas uma sombra, e o outro foi levado pela correnteza.
