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O Guarani 14.21 · 14.21

Capybara fangs and a rattle

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O mais velho, de estatura gigantesca, engastava as presas longas e aguçadas da capivara nas pontas de canas silvestres, e afiava numa pedra essa arma terrível. O mais moço enchia de pequenas sementes pretas e vermelhas um fruto oco, ornado de penas e preso a um cabo de dois palmos de comprimento.

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The elder, of gigantic stature, was setting the long sharp fangs of the capybara into the tips of wild reeds, and honing that terrible weapon on a stone. The younger was filling with little black and red seeds a hollow fruit, adorned with feathers and fixed to a handle two spans long.

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