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... sanyasi sits behind the little temple under a banian - tree . To- day , when the sun sinks behind the trees of the jungle , take your brother to him and make inquiry . ” Punchirala got up and began walking away , fol- lowed by the ...
... sanyasi sits behind the little temple under a banian - tree . To- day , when the sun sinks behind the trees of the jungle , take your brother to him and make inquiry . ” Punchirala got up and began walking away , fol- lowed by the ...
Page 117
... sanyasi spoke only a strange language , unintelligible to the Tamils and Sinhalese in the crowd , but there stood by him an old Tamil man who interpreted what he said . Babun led Silindu up to the sanyasi and dropped the money in the ...
... sanyasi spoke only a strange language , unintelligible to the Tamils and Sinhalese in the crowd , but there stood by him an old Tamil man who interpreted what he said . Babun led Silindu up to the sanyasi and dropped the money in the ...
Page 119
... sanyasi , and then said to Babun : " The holy man says that the offering is too small . " " Father , it is all we have . We are very poor . Rain never falls upon our fields , and we have no land . We pray him to help us . " There was ...
... sanyasi , and then said to Babun : " The holy man says that the offering is too small . " " Father , it is all we have . We are very poor . Rain never falls upon our fields , and we have no land . We pray him to help us . " There was ...
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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