Quase de verdade / Almost True
Books for children and young readers , 1978
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A story that seems like a lie and seems like the truth. But it's only true in the world of those who like to invent—like Ulisses, the dog. The animals speak in their own way, and Ulisses barks his stories to his owner while taking the chance to tell us about his journey to the backyard of Mrs. Oniria, where many roosters crowed happily and hens clucked and laid plenty of eggs. In that yard, there was also a huge fig tree that didn’t bear figs, and because of that, it envied the joy of the birds. One day, it decided to ask for help from a black cloud that was a witch, to ruin the good life of the roosters and hens. What happened after the fig tree’s talk with the cloud Oxelia—we’ll let Ulisses tell us.