Detailed Instructions: The provided files include famous book titles and sentences in the English language, and we ask you to translate those to the Portuguese Language. Please bear in mind the following guidelines while doing the translation: 1) We are looking for the most naturally written and form of each sentence in the Portuguese Language. 2) Also names, dates and places should be preserved it should not get translated.
Problem:The next thing was to eat the comfits: this caused some noise and confusion, as the large birds complained that they could not taste theirs, and the small ones choked and had to be patted on the back.
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Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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O próximo passo foi comer os confeitos: isto causou algum barulho e confusão, já que os pássaros grandes reclamavam que não conseguiam sentir o gosto dos seus, e os pequenos se engasgavam e tinham que levar tapinhas nas costas.