around my head like a plane at the Campo dos Afonsos air base.
At first even Pinkie was surprised that I wasn’t afraid, because most children are terrified of bats.
Come to think of it, Luciano hadn’t appeared for days. He must have found other Campo dos Afonsos air bases to fly around.
“Did you know, Pinkie, the guavas at Eugênia’s house are starting to turn yellow. They must be just about ripe. The problem is if she catches me.”
“I’ve already been beaten three times today. I’m here because I’m grounded...” But the devil gave me a hand down and pulled me over to the hedge.
The afternoon breeze was starting to waft the smell of the guavas to my nose, so it seemed.
I peered through the hedge, pushed a branch aside, heard no noise...
And the devil was saying, “Go on, silly, can’t you see there’s no one there? She must have gone to the Japanese lady’s grocery store.”
“Seu Benedito? Don’t worry. He’s practically blind and deaf. He can’t see a thing. There’s time to run away if he notices.”
I followed the hedge to the ditch and decided. First, I signalled to Pinkie to be quiet.
By now my heart was racing. There was no messing with Eugênia. God knows she had a tongue on her.
I was tiptoeing along, holding my breath, when her voice boomed from the kitchen window.
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