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El cipote se sentó en una piedra y se<br />

puso a chiflarle un son al manecer.<br />

Pedro bajó valientemente al río. Aún<br />

quedaban tasajos <strong>de</strong> noche en los<br />

barrancos. Caminó río abajo. Sobre<br />

unos peñascos, <strong>de</strong>scubrió un chilamate<br />

que tenía una rama <strong>de</strong>sgajada. Era una<br />

rama gruesa. El blanco corazón <strong>de</strong>l<br />

palo, había quedado al <strong>de</strong>scubierto y<br />

vomitaba hormigas.<br />

Cuando el muchacho le vio llegar,<br />

sonriente, le preguntó:<br />

—¿Qué jue, O?<br />

—¡Es un palo que siá reído, O!...<br />

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The kid sat on the rock and started<br />

to whistle a song to the dawn. Pedro<br />

valiantly went down the river. There<br />

were still some remnants of the night<br />

in the ravines. He continued down<br />

towards the river. On some boul<strong>de</strong>rs he<br />

discovered a chilamate tree with a torn<br />

limb. It was a thick branch. The white<br />

core of the tree had been left exposed<br />

and was vomiting ants.<br />

When the kid saw him coming, smiling,<br />

he asked:<br />

“What was it?”<br />

“It’s a tree that laughed, kid!

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