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O Guarani 4.42 · 4.42

A timid agouti

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Neste momento uma cutia tímida e arisca apareceu na lezíria da mata, e adiantando o focinho, escondeu-se arrepiando o seu pêlo vermelho e afogueado.

At this moment a timid, skittish agouti appeared at the edge of the wood, and thrusting forward its snout, hid again, bristling its ruddy, flushed fur.

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At this moment a shy, skittish agouti appears at the edge of the wood, and thrusting forward its snout, hides again, bristling its ruddy, flushed fur.

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The cutia — a small Brazilian rodent — enters as the forest's ordinary life resuming, and, unknowingly, provides the fresh blood Peri needs for his next act of cruel husbandry.

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