"And if the children went crying, if their tears kept flowing, if their tears kept falling, it was said, it was stated: "It will surely rain." Their tears signified rain. Therefore there was contentment; therefore one's heart was at rest. Thus they said: "Verily, already the rains will set in; verily, already we shall be rained on.""
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Book 2, ch. 20, folio 16v. Nahuatl-to-English Translation, Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982.
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