“No. I’d never do that.” “But you said it, didn’t you?”
“I said it when I was angry. I’m never going to kill anyone because when they kill chickens at home, I can’t even watch.”
“Then I discovered that you’re not what they say you are. You’re not a cannibal or anything.”
He almost jumped. “What did you say?” “Cannibal.” “And do you know what that is?”
“Yes, I do, sir. Uncle Edmundo taught me. He’s a wise man.”
“There’s a man in the city who invited him to make a dictionary.”
The only thing he’s never been able to explain to me is what a carborundum is.”
You’re changing the subject. I want you to explain to me what a cannibal is, exactly.”
Cannibals were Indians who ate human flesh. In the Brazilian history book there’s a picture of one skinning some Portuguese”
because he’s going to eat them. They also ate warriors from enemy tribes.”
They’re different from African cannibals, who like to eat missionaries with beards.”
He gave a sort of belly laugh that I’d never heard from a Brazilian.
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