After the rain of forty days and
forty nights, the First Father made a New Earth. He looked at all that he had
created : Mountains, rivers, jungles, seas; He approached the cabins where the
men lived . He heard a strange noise and he approached and saw that it came
from the men chewing roots and raw meat. He thought that they did not have the
fire to cook and to take a seat around to chat and to tell tales.
He looked at the high mountains where certainly there was
fire. The giant beings that lived there were wicked and hardhearted and had
taken possession of the fire not to share it and be able to cook the men in the
flames of the volcanoes.
He looked for someone to help him in his enterprise to take
the fire among the beings of water. He called for Cururú, the toad so green
like the grass. As Cururú was good catching things that come out flying, he
would catch the live coals.
Already in the giants' terrain, the god took human form and
threw himself to the ground backwards, as fainted. Cururú, green heart, he hid
in the pasture. The giants celebrated the finding of food with a good bonfire.
They put the man on the bonfire but he did not get burnt, not even heated up .
When flames covered him, the First Father kicked at the live
coals making them fly through the air; The giants did not become aware of
anything. Cururú swallowed one that was passing near him and that shouted :
Cucururú! . Then the First Father came out of the live coals so calm. In the
meantime giants gaped in amazement without understanding .
Being far away, the First Father said to green heart that I
should throw the fire and he look for the bow and arrows of god. Then he lit an
arrow's tip and shot it with the bow toward the tree trunk of laurel. And the
tree did not burn because the fire got introduced within the wood.
The First Father called for the men and showed them the
laurel. He explained them that to make a good bonfire it was necessary to cut a
piece, to make a hole and to introduce an arrow turning fast with the hands:
Then the little flames would come out to light leaves and bigger branches.
This way the Guarani cooked their food and never again made
a lot of noise while eating.
The First Father turned the black giants into some birds of
the same color and that only eat putrid flesh; They are black vultures.
Vocabulary:
Black vulture: Vulture species of the size of a turkey of
South America. He is colored in black, reddish paws, with head and neck blued.
Bird of prey.
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