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O Guarani 17.39 · 17.39

All was ash

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" Quando Peri abaixou o arco de Ararê, não havia na taba dos brancos uma cabana em pé, um homem vivo; tudo era cinza.

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"QuandoKWAN-dooWhenPeriabaixoua-by-SHOHloweredooothearcoAR-koobowdedeofArarê,nãonowngnothaviaa-VEE-athere wasnanain thetabaTA-bavillagedosdooshof thebrancosBRAN-kooshwhite menumaOO-maacabanaka-BA-nahutemengonpefoot,umoongahomemOH-mengmanvivoVEE-vooalive;tudoTOO-dooalleraEH-rawascinzaSEEN-zaash.

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"When Peri lowered the bow of Ararê, there was not in the village of the white men a hut left standing, a man alive; all was ash."

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