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O Guarani 17.13 · 17.13

The savage braces the boulder

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De pé, fortemente apoiado sobre a base estreita que formava a rocha, um selvagem coberto com um ligeiro saio de algodão metia o ombro a uma lasca de pedra que se desencravara do seu alvéolo e ia rolar pela encosta.

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Standing, firmly braced on the narrow base the rock formed, a savage covered with a light cotton tunic set his shoulder to a splinter of stone that had worked loose from its socket and was about to roll down the slope.

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