The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 26
... Karlinahami had seen that they got food . Karlinahami was far more careful to wash them than most mothers are : she used to quote the saying , ' Dirt is bad and children are trouble , but a dirty child is the worst of troubles . ' The ...
... Karlinahami had seen that they got food . Karlinahami was far more careful to wash them than most mothers are : she used to quote the saying , ' Dirt is bad and children are trouble , but a dirty child is the worst of troubles . ' The ...
Page 79
... Karlinahami , ' if you want one for yourself . ' ' There is only one unmarried woman in the village now , ' said the vederala , ' and she is Silindu's daughter . ' An uncomfortable silence fell upon the listeners . Karlinahami and Babun ...
... Karlinahami , ' if you want one for yourself . ' ' There is only one unmarried woman in the village now , ' said the vederala , ' and she is Silindu's daughter . ' An uncomfortable silence fell upon the listeners . Karlinahami and Babun ...
Page 283
... Karlinahami to exist in semi - starvation through those six months . Yet the future loomed somehow upon her , fill- ing her with a horrible sense of uneasiness , uncertainty . It was a new feeling . She sat in the hut silent and ...
... Karlinahami to exist in semi - starvation through those six months . Yet the future loomed somehow upon her , fill- ing her with a horrible sense of uneasiness , uncertainty . It was a new feeling . She sat in the hut silent and ...
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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