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.
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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