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Page 26
... young boars ; and here and there the little pigs running in and out among the sows . And as they passed , one of the little pigs ran out near the domba - bush , and Yakkini sprang and caught it in her teeth , and leapt with it into the ...
... young boars ; and here and there the little pigs running in and out among the sows . And as they passed , one of the little pigs ran out near the domba - bush , and Yakkini sprang and caught it in her teeth , and leapt with it into the ...
Page 53
... young girls after puberty are sup- posed to be kept within the house , and only to meet men of the immediate family ... young girls are not kept within the house ; they have to work . The young men know them , and often choose for 53 ...
... young girls after puberty are sup- posed to be kept within the house , and only to meet men of the immediate family ... young girls are not kept within the house ; they have to work . The young men know them , and often choose for 53 ...
Page 169
... young man hot after a woman ! What use is it ? Send for him and be friends . ' " " " " The Mahatmaya is very good to us . " " I was wrong , brother . I say it to you myself . I used shameful words to you . But that was long ago . A young ...
... young man hot after a woman ! What use is it ? Send for him and be friends . ' " " " " The Mahatmaya is very good to us . " " I was wrong , brother . I say it to you myself . I used shameful words to you . But that was long ago . A young ...
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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