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O Guarani 16.91 · 16.91

Two thunderbolts

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Quando dobrava o canto do pouso, o céu abriuse e a terra incendiou-se com a luz de um relâmpago tão forte que o deslumbrou. Dois raios, descrevendo listras de fogo, tinham caído sobre a floresta e espalhado em torno um cheiro de súlfur que asfixiava.

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The setting

As he rounded the corner of the waystation, the sky split open and the earth blazed with the light of a lightning-flash so strong that it dazzled him. Two bolts, tracing streaks of fire, had fallen on the forest and spread all around a smell of sulfur that choked.

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