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Punchi Menika had started off to meet him . Her first terror when she had been
told of what her father had done had given place to bewilderment , but when she
saw him in charge of the police sergeant she ran to him with a cry : " Is it true ...
Punchi Menika had started off to meet him . Her first terror when she had been
told of what her father had done had given place to bewilderment , but when she
saw him in charge of the police sergeant she ran to him with a cry : " Is it true ...
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It isn't true , is it , Appochchi ? ” " I don't know ; perhaps it is true , perhaps it isn't .
But the magistrate Hamadoru said I would be tried by the great judge . ” " Aiyo !
you were mad , Appochchi . It would have been better to have given me to the ...
It isn't true , is it , Appochchi ? ” " I don't know ; perhaps it is true , perhaps it isn't .
But the magistrate Hamadoru said I would be tried by the great judge . ” " Aiyo !
you were mad , Appochchi . It would have been better to have given me to the ...
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threw himself down on the ground in front of him , and touching his feet with his
hands burst out : “ It is true , father , it is true what you say . I did not understand
before , though I knew ; yes , I knew it well . I have seen it all so long in the jungle
.
threw himself down on the ground in front of him , and touching his feet with his
hands burst out : “ It is true , father , it is true what you say . I did not understand
before , though I knew ; yes , I knew it well . I have seen it all so long in the jungle
.
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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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