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- THIS, then, is the blowgun shooting of Seven Macaw by the twins. We shall
- now tell the story of the defeat of each of the prideful ones.
- This is Seven Macaw and a great nance tree. This, then, is the food of Seven
- Macaw. Each day he would rise up to the top of the tree to knock down some of the fruit
- of the nance tree, and it is there that he was seen by Hunahpu and Xbalanque.
- The twins watched for him beneath the tree, hidden in its leaves. At length Seven
- Macaw perched on the nance tree to feed and was shot by them. Hunahpu directed a
- pellet straight from his blowgun into his jaw. Seven Macaw cried out, sailing over the
- top of the tree and landing on the ground.
- Quickly, Hunahpu ran out to grab him. But instead Seven Macaw tore off the arm
- of Hunahpu. He wrenched it back, bending it back at the shoulder until it was torn free
- from Hunahpu.
- Still, it was good what they did. This first episode will not result in their defeat by
- Seven Macaw, even though he took away the arm of Hunahpu.
- So then Seven Macaw went to his home, holding his jaw in his palms.
- “What have you got there?” asked Chimalmat, the wife of Seven Macaw. “What
- is it?”
- “Two demons shot me. My jaw was dislocated by them, and now my teeth
- torment me with pain. This I have brought to hang over the fire. It will dangle over the
- fire until they come to take it back again. Truly they are demons,” said Seven Macaw as
- he hung the arm of Hunahpu.
- Then Hunahpu and Xbalanque planned again. They went to speak to the one
- Grandfather, whose hair was now truly white, and also the one Grandmother, who was
- now truly humble. They were people who now walked bent over with age. Great White
- Peccary was the name of the Grandfather, and Great White Coati was the name of the
- Grandmother.
- - Popol Vuh
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