Comparação de aves
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Um dia, comparou -nos a aves criadas em dois vãos de telhados contíguos. Imagina o resto, as aves emplumando as asas e subindo ao céu, e o céu agora mais largo para poder contê-las também.
One day, he compared us to birds raised in two eaves of adjacent roofs. Imagine the rest: the birds feathering their wings and rising to the sky, and the sky now wider to also contain them.
The narrator compares himself and another to birds raised in adjacent eaves.
The narrator describes a comparison made by someone, likening them to birds raised in adjacent roof eaves, and invites the reader to imagine the birds growing feathers and flying into a sky that expands to hold them.
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