– Salutations Canuto! It’s been too long!
– Too true! Over thirty years now!
– Much longer! Conceição de Rio Verde, 1958… Almost 60 years!
– Time sure flies…
– Good times!
– Remember the Jap? Where is he these days?
– Of course I remember… But now the Jap is on the wrong side of the lawn…
– Died?
– Run over in Brasilia.
– Good times!
– Remember Priest Carlos?
– Do I?! One hell of a man! But he’s already turned up his toes… It was his heart…
– I’ll never forget that well rounded zero he gave Sinfrônio for copying on the exam…
– Sinfrônio has already popped his clogs. Bad case of chagas…
– Good times!
– Good times!
– What about Zé Veras? Ever see ‘ol Zé around?
– I did last Day of the Dead, I was right beside him.
– At the Assembly?
– No. He bought a lot at the cemetery. Hospital infection.
– But didn’t he have a brother who is a doctor? Gumercindo?
– He did. But he’s also passed away. Drank too much and hit the ten count…
– Good times!
– Good times!
– Remember Mr. Januário, the drill instructor?
– With that egg color smock of his? Sure I remember. He’s wearing a wood pajama, though. A terrible draft snuck up on him…
– One time he caught Teixeirinha in the orchard, stealing jabuticabas… He ran one mile and a half, the poor devil, before finally getting his hands on him on the beach of Rio Verde!
– Teixeirinha kicked the bucket too… Heat stroke.
– Good times!
– Good times!
– Remember old Otoniel? Who had a rental horse wagon, and who always lived at odds with Priest Lino?
– Poor old Otoniel!
– Why’s that?
– He’s off resting.
– But resting is good…
– Actually, he zipped up the long coat.
– Ah, well then that’s diferente…
– Good times those were!
– Good times
– Just last week I ran into Chico Maravilha in front of Cine Brasil…
– He’s also pushing daisies. Yesterday was the funeral mass…
– Died of what?
– Pneumonia
– Simple Pneumonia or double?
– Simple.
– That’s a good thing.
– Good thing too…
– Good times those were!
– Good times!
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