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Y puso en la mano del tata asombrado,
un fino puñal con mango de concha. El
indio cogió el puñal, despachó a Tacho
con un gesto y se quedó mirando la
hoja puntuda, con cara de vengador.
—Pues es cierto... —murmuró. Cerraba
la noche.
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And he put the fine dagger with a
shell handle in his father’s hands. The
stubborn old man 62 took the dagger,
dismissed Tacho with the wave of his
hand, staring at the blade with revenge
on his face.
“Well, it’s true…” he grumbled. The
night ended.
62. Neither “Indian” nor “indigenous person” fit to describe the “old man” or indio –as people call older
and stubborn people in El Salvador.