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O Guarani 22.8 · 22.8

Wasps and a lizard

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Aqui era uma casa de marimbondos, que ele assanhava com o chapéu, e o faziam bater em retirada honrosa, correndo a todo o estirão das pernas; ali era um desses lagartos de longa cauda que pilhado de improviso se enrolara pelas pernas do escudeiro com uma formidável chicotada.

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Here it was a wasps' nest, which he stirred up with his hat, and they made him beat an honorable retreat, running at the full stretch of his legs; there it was one of those long-tailed lizards that, caught by surprise, had coiled around the squire's legs with a formidable lash.

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