Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this narrative.

Read this excerpt from "Lake Titicaca" by Miguel Angel Asturias.

They travel with their llamas. They see me, knitting their cheeks to contemplate me with their tiny eyes.

What does the phrase "knitting their cheeks" mean?

The travelers and the llamas are connected.

The llamas are moving their jaws.

The llama's small eyes look like knitting needles.

The travelers are knitting on their llamas.

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Gisselle Boyd

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8 March, 20:36

Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this narrative.

Read this excerpt from "Lake Titicaca" by Miguel Angel Asturias.

They travel with their llamas. They see me, knitting their cheeks to contemplate me with their tiny eyes.

What does the phrase "knitting their cheeks" mean?

The travelers and the llamas are connected.

The llamas are moving their jaws.

The llama's small eyes look like knitting needles.

The travelers are knitting on their llamas.

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Aldo Moses · Answer 1

The llamas are moving their jaws.

Karlie Robinson · Answer 2

Answer: The llamas are moving their jaws.

Miguel Angel Asturias was a Nobel Prize-winning Guatemalan poet, diplomat, novelist, playwright and journalist. He drew attention to Latin American indigenous cultures, in particular those of his native Guatemala.

In this excerpt, he phrase "knitting their jaws" uses figurative language to describe the way in which llamas move their jaws. The author implies that this movement resembles that of knitting.