Popol Vuh by Francisco Ximénez

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Then they began again to accomplish their deeds, to manifest themselves before the face of their grandmother and before the face of their mother. First they worked the maizefield: "We are going to farm the maizefield, our grandmother and our mother," they said. "We are the substitutes for our older brothers," said Hunahpu and Xbalanque.

Thus they took up their axes and their hoes, carrying them on their shoulders. Each of them also shouldered his blowgun and departed their home, having first left instructions with their grandmother to bring their food: "At midday come to give us our food, grandmother," they said. -"Very well then, my grandsons," said their grandmother.

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