The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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... growing steadier and stronger every day . A little rain falls , the last before the long drought sets in . The hot , dry wind sweeps over the trees . The grass and the shrubs die down ; the leaves on the small trees shrivel up , and grow ...
... growing steadier and stronger every day . A little rain falls , the last before the long drought sets in . The hot , dry wind sweeps over the trees . The grass and the shrubs die down ; the leaves on the small trees shrivel up , and grow ...
Page 26
... growing up . When they were ten or eleven years old , it often burst out against her in angry taunts at the tank . O Karlinahami ! ' Nanchohami , the head- man's wife , would say , ' you are growing 26 THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE.
... growing up . When they were ten or eleven years old , it often burst out against her in angry taunts at the tank . O Karlinahami ! ' Nanchohami , the head- man's wife , would say , ' you are growing 26 THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE.
Page 62
... growing more and more impatient , here broke in : ' Are you mad , brother ? The child is a woman now , and it is time to give her to a man . Is she to die childless because she has a father ? There is no need for her even to leave the ...
... growing more and more impatient , here broke in : ' Are you mad , brother ? The child is a woman now , and it is time to give her to a man . Is she to die childless because she has a father ? There is no need for her even to leave the ...
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo Amara Devi anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha buffalo called charm child cloth Colombo compound daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face 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 leopard listen live looked magistrate months morning Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Appu Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko