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Popol Vuh
Part I, Chapter 6 (6)
Then they started out for the place where they found Vucub-Caquix reclining on his throne. The old woman and man walked along followed by the two boys, who stayed behind them. In this way they arrived at the house of the lord who was screaming because his tooth pained him. When Vucub-Caquix saw the old man and the old woman and those who accompanied them, he asked, "Where do you come from, grandparents?" "We come looking for something to eat, honorable sir," they answered. "And what do you eat? Are those not your sons who are with you?" "Oh, no, sir! They are our grandsons; but we are sorry for them and what is given to us, we share with them, sir," answered the old woman and the old man. Meanwhile, the lord was suffering terrible pain from his tooth, and it was only with great difficulty that he could speak. "I earnestly beseech you to have pity on me. What can you do? What do you know how to cure?" the lord asked them. And the old ones answered, "Oh, sir! we only take the worm from the teeth, cure the eyes, and set bones."
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