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Cuatzho Bath had developed into a strong warrior, agile, intelligent, a good student and very brave. The two of them would run around the jungle and even venture into the Pemón and Woajuus villages to buy food and utensils that the jungle did not provide. But they felt good, swimming with Maka, running with Zulkha, enjoying the fast flight of Tapic and the multicolored Macaw and carrying Pao Pao, who clung to the princess's clinejas, while riding on her neck, screaming at the speed at which she moved.

Marutta had also learned the sciences and was developing into a beautiful young woman. The Wayuu people who saw her said that the goddess of flowers dwelled among them.

--Too many moons have passed," --said Marutta to the Living God, "--and I am withering. I have been a mother before my time, but here in this jungle I can never have a husband or a home. Tahirza will one day be gone and I will die of sadness.