The Loch Ness Monster

by Margo Fallis

Vocabulary

Lamont didn’t like visiting his Aunt Molly. She pinched his pinch = beliscar
cheeks and ruffled his blond hair every time she saw him. ruffle = despentear, desordenar
loch = lago (na Escócia)
Sometimes she even kissed him and he definitely didn’t like throw = jogar
that. "Mom, can I go down to the loch and throw some stones stone = pedras
in?" he asked softly, not wanting Aunt Molly to hear. softly = com uma voz suave

His mom, seeing his boredom, answered, "Sure, Lamont, go boredom = tédio
ahead. Don’t get too close. The water is very deep and very go ahead = vá em frente
too close = perto demais
cold." deep = (pro)fundo

Without wasting another minute, Lamont ran out the door and
waste = desperdiçar
headed to the loch. He ran past a sign that read, "Loch Ness head to = ir em direção a
– Home of the Famous Loch Ness Monster." He didn’t pay a sign that read = uma placa com as
any attention to it though. The first time he’d visited his Aunt palavras
home of... = onde fica/mora...
Molly, his mom and dad had told him that there was no such though = porém, “só que” (usado no
thing. It was just something that people here said to get começo da frase em português)
tourists to come and visit the loch. Lamont had no reason not There was no such thing = Tal coisa
não existia
to believe them.

He ran to the shore of the loch. He looked around for some

shore = margem
stones he could toss in. He walked around gathering them in toss = atirar
his pockets and then stood on a large rock. He threw one of gather = juntar, colher
the small stones as far as he could. SPLASH! It landed in the pocket = bolso
stand/stood/stood = ficou de pé, pisou
water and sunk quickly to the bottom. Again, he tossed throw/threw/thrown = jogar
another stone. SPLASH! It went further than the first one. He splash = som de um objeto a cair na
stood for several minutes throwing his stones. SPLASH! água
further = mais distante
SPLASH! SPLASH! "This isn’t any fun," he mumbled to mumble = resmungar
himself. He jumped down off the rock and walked along the jump = pular
shore. He came to some reeds that blocked his way. He rock = rocha
walk along = caminhar pela
could go no further. He stopped and sat down on a grassy reeds = juncos
ledge. He threw a stone into the reeds. SPLASH! The water way = caminho
seemed very deep there. Not only did the stones make a He could go no further = Ele não podia
ir adiante
splashing sound, but they also went KERPLUNK! He threw sit/sat/sat down = sentar-se
another stone, but instead of hearing a SPLASH and a grassy = coberto de capim/grama
KERPLUNK, he heard "OUCH!" ledge = saliência de um rochedo
Not only (did the stones make a
splashing sound), .but they also = Não
Lamont stopped. "Who’s there?" he asked. só (fizeram som de splash), mas
 também...
go/went = fazer/fizeram o som
Nobody answered. He threw another stone. instead of = em vez de
Ouch! = Ai! (interjeição de dor)
"OUCH! Stop that!"

Lamont jumped up and ran over to the reeds. He parted ran over = correu até
them. In the water, among the reeds was a huge dinosaur- part = separar
among = entre
like animal. It was green, had nubby little horns, and was dinosaur-like = com aparência de
rubbing its head. "Ouch," she said. "That hurt!" dinossauro
nubby = que possui pequenas saliências
horns = chifres
Lamont stood there, unable to move. "Sorry," he whispered. rub = esfregar
hurt/hurt/hurt = doer
"Well, all right. I accept your apology. But from now on,
apology = pedido de desculpas
please try to be more careful," the monster said. She looked from now on = de agora em diante
over at Lamont and saw the curious look on his face. "I’m curious look = olhar de curiosidade
Nessie, otherwise known as the Loch Ness Monster. Who are otherwise known as = também
conhecido (pelo nome de)
you?"

Lamont, for some reason, wasn’t afraid. He answered, "I’m afraid = com medo
Lamont. I’m here visiting my Aunt Molly. She pinches my
cheeks and rubs my hair."

Nessie started to laugh. Her laugh was loud. Lamont looked laugh = dar risada
loud = alto
at her. Only her head and long neck were out of the water. neck = pescoço
Triangular spikes stuck out from the center of her neck. She out of the water = fora da água
had bits of plants hanging from her mouth. He could see that spikes = “espetos”
stick/stuck out = projetar
she had sharp teeth and could eat him in one bite if she bits = pedaços
wanted. She was huge! "Are you really a monster?" Lamont hang = pendurar
asked. sharp = afiados
teeth = dentes
 bite = mordida
huge = enorme
"I guess I’m more of a dinosaur than a monster. I only eat more of a...than a... = mais um...do que
plants, not little boys," she assured Lamont. "Say, would you um..
like a ride on my neck?" Say = Viu (interjeição)
ride = passeio

Lamont looked at Nessie. "How big are you anyway?" he How big are you? = Qual é o seu
asked. tamanho?
anyway = (usado em conversas para
enfatizar o que está sendo dito)
"Well, I’m about 100 feet long. I’ve got humps, I’m very thin,
and I’ve got feet and arms, but I only use them when I swim. feet = pés (medida)
long = de comprimento
Now, would you like a ride around the loch?" she asked humps = corcovas
again. Lamont nodded yes. "Climb on my head and hold on," thin = magro
she said. I’ve got = I have = tenho
swim = nadar
grab onto = agarrar em
Lamont grabbed onto her stubby horns and found a place to stubby = curto e grosso
sit, holding onto one of her spikes. "Ready?" she asked him. horns = chifres
hold onto = segurar em

"Let’s go, Nessie," he said, excited and anxious. He knew his

mother wouldn’t like this, nor would his Aunt Molly, but he
wanted to go.

She took off and soon they were swimming around the loch. take/took/taken off = “decolar”, partir
rapidamente (figurativamente)
Lamont kept his feet out of the water and tried not to let the loch = lago (na Escócia)
water splash on him. "Wheeeeeeeee!" he called out with keep/kept/kept out = manter for a
glee. "This is fun!" splash = respingar
call out = gritar
glee = alegria
Nessie swam all the way around the loch. Lamont could see all the way around = por todo
sheep grazing on the hillside, lots of pretty flowers growing sheep = ovelha
graze = pastar
along the banks, and even saw a small waterfall cascading hillside = encosta
over some rocks. "Would you like to see my cave? " Nessie bank = margem
asked. waterfall = cachoeira, cascata
cascade = cair (como uma cascata)
cave = caverna
"Where is it?" Lamont questioned.
hill = colina, monte
"It’s under this hill. I live in a huge cave. It’s got tunnels going huge = enorme
out from all directions. I can swim into other lochs. It’s very it’s got = it has = tem
comfortable for a Loch Ness monster," she explained. go out = sair

"I"d love to see your cave," Lamont answered.

hold on = segure-se
"Then hold on, take a deep breath and here we go!" Nessie take a deep breath = respire fundo
gave Lamont time to hold his breath, and then she dove hold one’s breath = segurar o fôlego
under the water. He held on tightly. The water was very cold. dive/dove ou dived = mergulhar
tightly = com força
It only took a minute to reach the cave. Lamont saw how reach = chegar até
Nessie used her hands and feet as flippers to swim quickly. flipper = nadadeira

Soon she came out of the water into the cave. "WOW!" come out = sair
Lamont exclaimed. "This cave is huge! Look at all the tunnels
too," he said, looking around, trying to see if he could see
down = adentro
down one. They were filled halfway with water. Lamont saw pile = pilha
where Nessie slept. It was in a big pile of dried heather. He dried = seco
saw some plants that she must have been eating. heather = urze (arbusto)
 get back = voltar
"I’m sure your cold. Let’s get you back up to the top," Nessie top = parte de cima
said. "Hold on again and take another deep breath," she hold on = segure-se
urged. Lamont did just that. urged = aconselhou
did just that = fez justamente isso

Before he knew it, he was back up on the surface, right near before he knew it = antes que se deu
the reeds where he’d been throwing rocks. He climbed off conta
surface = superfície
Nessie’s back and stood on the shore. "I’ve got to go now," climb off = desceu (das costas de
Nessie said. "The next time you come to visit Aunt Molly, Nessie)
come down here to this spot and throw stones in the water stood = ficou de pé, pisou
spot = local
and I’ll come and say hello." Nessie smiled at Lamont, and smiled = sorriu
dove under the water. dove = mergulhou

dripping = pingando
Lamont stood there, dripping from head to toe. He felt very from head to toe = dos pés à cabaça
cold. Just then he heard, "Lamont, why are you all wet?" It just then = naquele mesmo instante
was his mom. She’d come looking for him. "You are wet = molhado
looking for = procurando
drenched and freezing. Did you fall into the loch? Oh never drenched = ensopado
mind, let’s just get back up to Aunt Molly’s and get you into freezing = “morrendo” de frio
some dry clothes!" She took Lamont’s hand and led him up fall = cair
never mind = deixe pra lá
the hill towards the warm cottage. get you into = vestir-lhe com
led him = o levou
Before he went inside, he turned and looked back at the loch. towards = em direção a
warm = quentinho/a
There was Nessie, in the middle of the lake. She was looking cottage = pequena casa (no campo)
at him. He waved goodbye to her and then she went under
the water. He could see her three humps. His mom turned There was Nessie... = Lá estava a
Nessie...
around and saw the humps sticking out of the water. "Oh my. waved = acenou
Did you see that, Lamont? Did you see those humps? I think turned around = se virou
we just saw the Loch Ness monster!" She stood there sticking out = sobressaindo da
pointing = apontando
pointing at it. "I saw it! I saw the Loch Ness monster."

"Mom, I’m cold," Lamont complained.

"Yes, you must be," she said, looking down at him. "Let’s go
in the house now." She opened the door and he went inside.
She turned and looked out at the loch and saw nothing. "I must have been = deveria estar
must have been imagining it," she said and went inside.

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