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Page 25
Therefore , your hunger is greater than mine . The first kill is yours . ' So we lay
still a long time , and at last I heard far away the sound of a hoof upon a dry stick .
' Sister , ' I whispered , ' I hear a deer coming this way . ' Yakko , have you no ears
...
Therefore , your hunger is greater than mine . The first kill is yours . ' So we lay
still a long time , and at last I heard far away the sound of a hoof upon a dry stick .
' Sister , ' I whispered , ' I hear a deer coming this way . ' Yakko , have you no ears
...
Page 211
Oh , Babun . He is all right . The white Hamadoru said , ' Six months ' rigorous
imprisonment . I heard that quite clear at the end . ' Six months ' rigorous
imprisonment . It was all that I heard clearly . He is all right . There is no need for
you to cry .
Oh , Babun . He is all right . The white Hamadoru said , ' Six months ' rigorous
imprisonment . I heard that quite clear at the end . ' Six months ' rigorous
imprisonment . It was all that I heard clearly . He is all right . There is no need for
you to cry .
Page 219
You heard in the court that the chena cannot be given to you . It has been given
to Appu . Let us have an end of all this trouble . " “ Yes , Arachchi , that is why I
have come to you . I want an end of all this trouble . Do you hear that ? An end
now ...
You heard in the court that the chena cannot be given to you . It has been given
to Appu . Let us have an end of all this trouble . " “ Yes , Arachchi , that is why I
have come to you . I want an end of all this trouble . Do you hear that ? An end
now ...
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User Review - kaitanya64 - LibraryThingSet in colonial Ceylon, this novel is vivid and readable. While the author clearly illustrates a particular culture and time, that of a rural family in the "dry" forest area, where life is ... Read full review
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User Review - Steve38 - LibraryThingDear me but this is a depressing book. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong for the main characters. Written from the point of view of impoverished, uneducated jungle dwellers in Sri Lanka by ... Read full review
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aiya Aiyo Arachchi asked Babehami Babun became began bring brother brought called carrying charm chena child clear cloth compound court crop daughter dead deer devil died evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando followed fool girl give given Hamadoru hand hang head headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter interpreter judge jungle Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave listened live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning mother Mudalali never night once passed path perhaps prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain returned rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly speak squatted stand stood strange talk tank tell temple thing thought told took track trees trouble true turned understand vederala village voice waited walked watched wife wild wind woman women
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | B.R. Publishing Corporation, 1975 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2009 |
| ISBN | 0883867052, 9780883867051 |
| Length | 301 pages |
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