Portuguese

A tiny ant falls into a river and a dove saves her by dropping a leaf. Days later, the ant sees a hunter about to net the dove and stings his ankle, so the dove escapes. A retelling of the classic Aesop fable.

Fogo the dragon wakes up with hiccups that shoot sparks and smoke, scaring the valley. A brave girl named Clara climbs up, tries every remedy, and finally cures him with a big surprise “BOO!” They become best friends.

On a rainy day, Helena shares her rainbow umbrella with a wet kitten, an elderly woman and her friend Rafael. Her teacher says it must be magic because there’s always room for one more, but Helena knows the magic is in sharing.

Juju the jaguar dreams of joining the Amazon birds’ choir, but her roar scares them away. One night loggers come to cut down the birds’ trees, and Juju’s mighty roar chases them off. The birds write a new song with a special part just for her roar.

Lucas finds a fallen shooting star and keeps it in a jar, but its light fades because it misses the sky. He climbs a hill and sets it free, and every night afterward the star twinkles at him before he sleeps.

Caco the snail is always late because his steps are small, and his friends laugh. When he misses the cake at a picnic, a ladybug helps the others understand. The next picnic is held right by Caco’s house, and the friends learn to wait for everyone.

Robi the robot can do every chore but cannot laugh. The children try jokes, funny faces and tickles with no luck. Then the family dog slips on a banana peel and tumbles into a box, everyone bursts out laughing, and Robi laughs too.

Beatriz’s village celebrates the June Festival (festa junina) with flags, bonfires, corn treats and the quadrilha square dance. She’s shy and keeps mixing up the steps, but her friend Joãozinho practices with her every day. On festival night she dances the whole quadrilha perfectly.

Gigi the giraffe is too tall to join her friends’ games and feels left out. When the monkeys’ ball gets stuck high in a tree, only Gigi can reach it. Her friends invent new games where height is a gift, and she never feels out of place again.

Bruno the bear is so busy picking berries that he forgets to hibernate. He wakes to a snowy world, spends a magical day with a fox sliding and making snow angels, then understands why bears sleep all winter and curls up until spring.