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O Guarani 11.46 · 11.46

She asked the future, not the present

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Em vez porém de consultar o presente, perguntava o futuro, porque sabia que o presente não tinha esperanças para ela, e se a flor dissesse o contrário mentia.

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But instead of consulting the present, Isabel asked the future — for she knew the present held no hope for her, and if the flower said otherwise, it lied.

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