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O Guarani 14.11 · 14.11

In search of a king of the forest

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Ia então em procura desse animal que tão importante papel representa nesta história, especialmente depois de morto; como não o satisfazia qualquer pequeno jaguar, assentara buscar nos seus próprios domínios um dos reis das grandes florestas que corriam ao longo do Paraíba.

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He was going then in search of that animal which plays so important a part in this history, especially after it is dead; as no small jaguar would satisfy him, he had resolved to seek in his own domains one of the kings of the great forests that ran along the Paraíba.

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