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Felipe's woman Juana gathered the few scraps left from the meal into a clay bowl; she finished washing the pots and tilted them on a board to drain. She removed the griddle-pan from the fire till next day. She picked up the bowl and went out to the farmyard. There was only one scraggy pig rooting in the mud.
The pig fell upon the food and devoured it instantly.