The Village in the Jungle |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 39
Page 130
... talk of rice cultivation , now that the tank was full , and to regret the want of seed paddy . Then a rumour spread that the Gov- ernment was going to make advances of seed , and at last one day the Korala Mahatmaya appeared in the ...
... talk of rice cultivation , now that the tank was full , and to regret the want of seed paddy . Then a rumour spread that the Gov- ernment was going to make advances of seed , and at last one day the Korala Mahatmaya appeared in the ...
Page 214
... talking in the bazaar , and people always laughing , and the long hard roads and so many houses all together ! How could we live there ? But in the village I am not altogether mad . It is folly to talk of leaving it and the jungle ...
... talking in the bazaar , and people always laughing , and the long hard roads and so many houses all together ! How could we live there ? But in the village I am not altogether mad . It is folly to talk of leaving it and the jungle ...
Page 259
... talk . Usually when I see him he is eating ; for he is always hungry be- cause of his sins in the previous birth . But some- times I find him standing alone away among the rocks , swaying from side to side . He is very sad , thinking of ...
... talk . Usually when I see him he is eating ; for he is always hungry be- cause of his sins in the previous birth . But some- times I find him standing alone away among the rocks , swaying from side to side . He is very sad , thinking of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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