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O Guarani 9.15 · 9.15

A ditch roofed with vines

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Abaixo da janela abria-se a rocha cortada a pique e formava um valado profundo, coberto por um dossel verde de trepadeiras e cipós que servia de habitação a todos esses répteis de mil formas que pululam na sombra e na umidade.

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Below the window the rock fell sheer into a deep hollow, canopied in creepers and lianas — home to reptiles of a thousand shapes teeming in shade and damp.

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