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O Guarani 17.15 · 17.15

Stone and man about to fall

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A árvore tremia; por momentos parecia que pedra e homem se enrolavam numa mesma volta, e precipitavam sobre a menina sentada na aba da colina.

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The tree quivered; at moments it seemed that stone and man wound together in a single coil, and were plunging down upon the girl seated on the brow of the hill.

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