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O Guarani 11.52 · 11.52

Smiling past the death that threatened her

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E a menina descuidada e tranqüila já tinha estendido o braço e ferindo a água passava sorrindo por diante da morte que a ameaçava.

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And the girl, heedless and calm, had already stretched out her arm and, striking the water, passed smiling before the death that threatened her.

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