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Macunaíma was walking along and came upon the very tall tree Volomã. On a branch was a pitiguari bird who, soon as he spotted the hero, opened his gullet singing: "Look who's a-coming down the road! Look who's a-coming down the road! " Macunaíma looked up intending to say thank you but there was Volomã bursting with fruit. The hero had been starving for hours and his belly balked at the sight of those sapotas sapodillas sapotis bacuris apricots mucajás miritis guabijus melons ariticums, all that fruit.
"Volomã, gimme some fruit," Macunaíma asked.