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Page 24
... hand , waiting for what might pass . The devils are very angry in the jungle , for there has been no rain now for these three months . The water - holes are dry ; the leaves and grass are brown ; the deer are very thin ; and the fawns ...
... hand , waiting for what might pass . The devils are very angry in the jungle , for there has been no rain now for these three months . The water - holes are dry ; the leaves and grass are brown ; the deer are very thin ; and the fawns ...
Page 39
... hands : when it did reach his hands , if he cleared half an acre more than it allowed him to clear , his fine would be heavy ; and woe betide him if he rashly cleared a chena without a permit at all . Babehami had never liked Silindu ...
... hands : when it did reach his hands , if he cleared half an acre more than it allowed him to clear , his fine would be heavy ; and woe betide him if he rashly cleared a chena without a permit at all . Babehami had never liked Silindu ...
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... hand with which you eat rice.1o That is the way to my father's house . ' And the Buddha went as Amara Devi had ... hand with which you eat rice " is a common expres- sion for the right hand , the left hand being used for an un ...
... hand with which you eat rice.1o That is the way to my father's house . ' And the Buddha went as Amara Devi had ... hand with which you eat rice " is a common expres- sion for the right hand , the left hand being used for an un ...
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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