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The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller

A CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house. One day he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and live with him, saying that they should be far better neighbors and that their housekeeping expenses would be lessened.

The Fuller replied, ``The arrangement is impossible as far as I am concerned, for whatever I should whiten, you would immediately blacken again with your charcoal''

Like will draw like.

Vocabulary Help

  • charcoal-burner: carvoeiro
  • entreat: implorar, rogar, insistir
  • neighbor: vizinho
  • housekeeping expenses: despesas de manutenção da casa
  • lessened: diminuídas
  • whatever: o que quer que seja
  • whiten: branquear
  • blacken: escurecer


Mais histórias como esta podem ser encontradas no livro Read in English: Uma Maneira Divertida de Aprender Inglês, publicado pela Editora Novatec,


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