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Page 210
Will they kill him ? " " Babun is all right . I have told him . The Government do not
kill . There is no killing here . But in the jungle , always killing — the leopard and
jackal , and the hunter . Yes , and the hunter , always killing , the blood of deer ...
Will they kill him ? " " Babun is all right . I have told him . The Government do not
kill . There is no killing here . But in the jungle , always killing — the leopard and
jackal , and the hunter . Yes , and the hunter , always killing , the blood of deer ...
Page 257
So he killed twice , did he ? Dear , dear . The Lord Buddha said : Kill not at all ,
kill nothing . It is a sin to kill . If he saw a caterpillar in the path , he put his foot on
one side . Man , man , why have you killed twice ? Were you mad ? ” " I'm not
mad ...
So he killed twice , did he ? Dear , dear . The Lord Buddha said : Kill not at all ,
kill nothing . It is a sin to kill . If he saw a caterpillar in the path , he put his foot on
one side . Man , man , why have you killed twice ? Were you mad ? ” " I'm not
mad ...
Page 262
The Lord Buddha said , ' It is a sin to kill , even the louse in the hair must not be
cracked between the nails . The other things I do not understand . I have no
daughter and no wife and no hut . It is better to be without . They stand in one's
way on ...
The Lord Buddha said , ' It is a sin to kill , even the louse in the hair must not be
cracked between the nails . The other things I do not understand . I have no
daughter and no wife and no hut . It is better to be without . They stand in one's
way on ...
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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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