caxinguelê
poem by Ruth Salles Blackboard drawing by teacher Verônica Calandra Martins. Look at the caxinguelê, serelepe chipmunk! Everything he looks at, he sees, from whatever branch he climbs. The tail, like a cloak, sometimes becomes a petticoat! Of dreams is the messenger and still makes them come true! – Come, bratty caxinguelê, and bring me…