The hunters then rose, and using their sticks like scythes, they mowed down whole rows of these couroucous, who never thought of flying away, and stupidly allowed themselves to be knocked off.
Los cazadores se enderezaron entonces y, maniobrando con sus palos como una hoz, rasaron filas enteras de curucús, que, no pensando en volar, se dejaron abatir estúpidamente.