Audiobook Dictation: “Be of good cheer, and lead…”

Be of good cheer, and lead the King to the hill just outside the city walls.' And humming gaily she flew away again.

Tem ânimo, e leva o rei à colina logo fora das muralhas da cidade. — E zumbindo alegremente, voou de novo para longe.

Ferko went at once to the King and told him the palace was finished.

Ferko foi logo ter com o rei e disse-lhe que o palácio estava pronto.

The whole court went out to see the wonder, and their astonishment was great at the sight which met their eyes.

Toda a corte saiu para ver a maravilha, e grande foi o seu espanto perante o que se lhes deparou.

A splendid palace reared itself on the hill just outside the walls of the city, made of the most exquisite flowers that ever grew in mortal garden.

Um esplêndido palácio erguia-se na colina logo fora das muralhas da cidade, feito das flores mais requintadas que jamais cresceram em jardim de mortais.

This splendid palace had been built by the grateful queen bee, who had summoned all the other bees in the kingdom to help her.

Este esplêndido palácio fora construído pela agradecida abelha-rainha, que convocara todas as outras abelhas do reino para a ajudarem.

But the two brothers had grown quite green with envy, and only declared the more that Ferko was nothing but a wicked magician.

Mas os dois irmãos tinham ficado verdes de inveja e só afirmavam com mais força que Ferko não passava de um feiticeiro malvado.