The torch and the cauã
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Tinha-lhe bastado a luz do seu facho e o canto da cauã que ele imitava perfeitamente para evitar os répteis venenosos que são devorados por essa ave. Com este simples expediente de que os selvagens ordinariamente se serviam quando atravessavam as matas de noite, Peri descera e tivera a felicidade de encontrar presa aos ramos de uma trepadeira a bolsa de seda, que adivinhou ser o objeto dado por Álvaro.
The light of his torch and the call of the cauã, which he mimicked perfectly, had been enough to ward off the venomous reptiles that are devoured by that bird. With this simple device, which the savages ordinarily used when crossing the woods by night, Peri had gone down and had had the luck to find, caught on the branches of a climbing vine, the silk purse, which he guessed to be the object given by Álvaro.
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