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... fear . " It closes with the death of Silindu's last surviving child as the jungle moves in on his isolated house : " fear came upon her , the fear of the jungle . . . and glided towards her into the hut . " It is a bitter novel , of the ...
... fear . " It closes with the death of Silindu's last surviving child as the jungle moves in on his isolated house : " fear came upon her , the fear of the jungle . . . and glided towards her into the hut . " It is a bitter novel , of the ...
Page 12
... fear ? Yet there is fear in his eyes and in his slinking feet , fear in his pricked ears and in the bound with which he vanishes into the shadows at the least suspicious sound . In the time of the rains the jungle might seem to be a ...
... fear ? Yet there is fear in his eyes and in his slinking feet , fear in his pricked ears and in the bound with which he vanishes into the shadows at the least suspicious sound . In the time of the rains the jungle might seem to be a ...
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... fear of it was great . He never attempted to explain or to deny this fear . When other hunters laughed at him about it , all he would say was , " I am not afraid of any animal in the jungle , no , not even of the bear or of the solitary ...
... fear of it was great . He never attempted to explain or to deny this fear . When other hunters laughed at him about it , all he would say was , " I am not afraid of any animal in the jungle , no , not even of the bear or of the solitary ...
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha called charm chena crop child cloth Colombo compound dagobas daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami hand hang headman hear heard Hinni Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave Leonard Woolf listened live looked magistrate months morning Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi side silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble understand veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko