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Nun monte da Ribeira Sacra traballaba Ramón.
On a mountain in the Ribeira Sacra Ramón worked.
Plantou carballos durante corenta anos seguidos.
He planted oaks for forty years in a row.
Todos os veciños plantaban eucaliptos porque medran rápido.
All the neighbors planted eucalyptus trees because they grow fast.
Ramón dicía que el non plantaba para el.
Ramon said he didn't plan for it.
Cando houbo un lume grande, o eucaliptal ardeu enteiro.
When there was a great fire, the eucalyptus tree burned completely.
O souto de Ramón quedou en pé, verde e húmido.
Ramon's room was still standing, green and wet.
O lume parou xusto na liña dos carballos.
The fire stopped right on the oak tree.
Aquel outono todos lle pediron landras.
That autumn everyone was asking for acorns.