A sege antiga
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Quando fui crescendo em idade imaginei que adivinhavam e diziam: É aquela senhora da Rua de Mata-cavalos, que tem um filho, Bentinho... A sege ia tanto com a vida recôndita de minha mãe, que quando já não havia nenhuma outra, continuamos a andar nela, e era conhecida na rua e no bairro pela sege antiga.
When I grew in age I imagined that they guessed and said: 'It is that lady from Rua de Mata-cavalos, who has a son, Bentinho...' The carriage went so much with the hidden life of my mother, that when there was no other, we continued to go in it, and it was known in the street and in the neighborhood as the 'old carriage'.
The narrator reflects on his childhood and the old carriage that was associated with his mother.
The narrator recalls how as a child he imagined people would identify his mother by the carriage she used, which became so associated with her that even after it was no longer needed, they kept using it, and it became known as the 'old carriage'.
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