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Page 11
... thing . It is so silent and still there that you might well believe that nothing lives in it . You might perhaps in ... things , moving very silently , themselves like shadows , between the trees , slinking under the bushes and peering ...
... thing . It is so silent and still there that you might well believe that nothing lives in it . You might perhaps in ... things , moving very silently , themselves like shadows , between the trees , slinking under the bushes and peering ...
Page 37
... thing for Babe- hami , the Arachchi , to feel that Silindu owed him many kurunies of kurakkan which he could not repay . When Babehami wanted some one to clear a chena for him , he asked Silindu to do it ; and Silindu , remembering the ...
... thing for Babe- hami , the Arachchi , to feel that Silindu owed him many kurunies of kurakkan which he could not repay . When Babehami wanted some one to clear a chena for him , he asked Silindu to do it ; and Silindu , remembering the ...
Page 298
... thing to die in a strange place . " It might be a still bitterer thing to live in a strange place . She was alone in the world ; the only thing left to her was the compound and the jungle which she knew . She clung to it passionately ...
... thing to die in a strange place . " It might be a still bitterer thing to live in a strange place . She was alone in the world ; the only thing left to her was the compound and the jungle which she knew . She clung to it passionately ...
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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