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Page 30
... speak to them as they always did to Silindu when he was alone . But Silindu explained it to them . " You are very young , " he said . " You do not know the tracks . You are strange to the beasts . But they know me . I have grown old ...
... speak to them as they always did to Silindu when he was alone . But Silindu explained it to them . " You are very young , " he said . " You do not know the tracks . You are strange to the beasts . But they know me . I have grown old ...
Page 167
... speak to Babun . Shall it be done soon ? " " Yes , quickly . Send for him now . There is no harm in doing it before me ; and there is no time to lose if I am to get the woman . " Babehami was at first averse to doing things with such ...
... speak to Babun . Shall it be done soon ? " " Yes , quickly . Send for him now . There is no harm in doing it before me ; and there is no time to lose if I am to get the woman . " Babehami was at first averse to doing things with such ...
Page 259
... speak to me . " " So they called you mad . All the beasts in the jungle speak to me too , except the elephant . The elephant is too sad even to talk . Usually when I see him he is eating ; for he is always hungry be- cause of his sins ...
... speak to me . " " So they called you mad . All the beasts in the jungle speak to me too , except the elephant . The elephant is too sad even to talk . Usually when I see him he is eating ; for he is always hungry be- cause of his sins ...
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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