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Illustrations by Lúcia G. Maier
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Miss Bug was very hard-working, liked to keep her little house tidy and with flowersin the windows.
One day sha was sweeping the attic and found three gold coins.
In that time, this amount was very high and Miss Bug was very happy with this money because she could remodel the house and buy new clothes for her.
The remaining portion of the money she kept inside a litle safe.
Now she was rich and elegant, with a nice house and a beautiful trosseau,
so she believed it was a good moment to marry!
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Then, in the afternoon , she dressed her new clothes, combed her hair and went to the window to wait the candidates.
The first to appear was the horse, the youngest and nice fellow of the city.
The horse thought Miss Bug very gracious.
She liked him too and asked:
Do you wish to marry with MIss Bug so cute and wealthy?
Yes! Said the horse
But Miss Bug was an easy awaken person and wanted to know if the horse snored high.
Is your snore very noisy? she asked
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The horse whinnied so strong that Miss Bug refused him!
After the horse it came the ox, the cock, the dog, the donkey and etc.
Unhappyly all were very noisy and they wouldnt let Miss Bug sleep.
She was giving up, when appeared Don Raton, a smart and attractive mouse.
Miss Bug decided to try one more time.
Don Raton had a soft voice and at night his snore was very weak: Qui,Qui,Qui...
Miss bug was very satisfied with the candidate and accepted him to be her fiance.
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The preparations for the marriage had started!
Miss Bug was very busy preparing a delicious banquet for the marriage's party and Don Raton was helping with the invitations.
But Don Raton, who was very gluttonand, asked for his bride to prepare his favourite dish for the party; beans with lard.
The beans with lard she was preparing was very well scented. Don Raton tryied
to prove a bit sometimes , but it always had someone at the kitchen.
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Everything was ready: banquet, church and guests arriving.
Miss Bug and Don Raton were very elegant and happy. But the fiance was still thinking
about feijoada*.
When they were going to the church, Don Raton said to her he had forgotten the wedding-ring in her house, and as soon he got them he would go to the church to meet her.
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Don Raton came back toward the house and ran to the kitchen to eat a piece of the lard.
But he was so huried, he slid and fell inside of the big pan and dying drowned.
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Anxious, Miss Bug was waiting in the church her fiance, who didnt return.
Hours later, sad Miss Bug and some guests had decided to come back at her home
and eat the banquet. Soon they discovered the tragic death of her fiance and
all felt very sorrow.
Miss Bug cried all night and she has never prepared beans with lard during all her life!
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The origin of "feijoada"is Portuguese. It was created at northeast region of Portugal in Trás-os-Montes city. The "feijoada" arrived in Brazil with the portuguese colonizers. Despite this, it was spread the legend that "feijoada"have been created by slaves.
Source: "O Globinho"newspaper- researcher :Caloca Fernandes
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