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Page 76
... father was treating him . And for three days my father lived in the house , preparing the charm . On the fourth day the Korala Mahatmaya and my father- taking cold cooked rice with them - set out from the house , saying they were going ...
... father was treating him . And for three days my father lived in the house , preparing the charm . On the fourth day the Korala Mahatmaya and my father- taking cold cooked rice with them - set out from the house , saying they were going ...
Page 151
... father's time . And the Korala Mahatmaya and the Ratemahatmaya came to the village and spoke as you speak now . And ... father telling me , when rain had not fallen - like the last crop with us - and there was want in the village , and ...
... father's time . And the Korala Mahatmaya and the Ratemahatmaya came to the village and spoke as you speak now . And ... father telling me , when rain had not fallen - like the last crop with us - and there was want in the village , and ...
Page 157
... father's vil- lage is the son's . I have never seen that village ; I have forgotten its name . I was born in Colombo ... father did . My father was a rich man , but always gambling ; no money stayed in the house . And I spent much money ...
... father's vil- lage is the son's . I have never seen that village ; I have forgotten its name . I was born in Colombo ... father did . My father was a rich man , but always gambling ; no money stayed in the house . And I spent much money ...
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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