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O Guarani 14.44 · 14.44

Only a human creature could have done it

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Aquela morte, pensava ele, não podia ter sido feita senão por uma criatura humana; qualquer outro animal usaria dos dentes ou das garras, e deixaria traços de ferimento.

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That death, he thought, could only have been dealt by a human creature; any other animal would use its teeth or claws, and would leave marks of a wound.

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