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O Guarani 11.51 · 11.51

Two savages with bow drawn

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Viu então sentados entre as guaximas dois selvagens, mal cobertos por uma tanga de penas amarelas, que com o arco esticado e a flecha a partir, esperavam que Cecília passasse diante da fresta que formavam as pedras para despedirem o tiro.

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He saw then, seated among the guaximas, two savages, barely covered by a loincloth of yellow feathers, who with bow drawn and arrow about to fly waited for Cecília to pass before the gap the rocks formed, to loose their shot.

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