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O Guarani 11.62 · 11.62

The body failing

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O corpo desfalecia, os joelhos se dobravam, e Peri erguendo os braços como para agarrar-se à cúpula das árvores, estorcendo os músculos para manter-se em pé, lutava debalde com a fraqueza que se apoderava dele.

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His body was failing, his knees buckled, and Peri, raising his arms as if to clutch the canopy of the trees, wrenching his muscles to keep on his feet, struggled in vain with the weakness overtaking him.

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