The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 34
... chena without a permit at all . Babehami had never liked Silindu , who was a bad debtor . Silindu was too lazy even to cultivate a chena properly , and even in a good year his crop was always the smallest in the village . He was always ...
... chena without a permit at all . Babehami had never liked Silindu , who was a bad debtor . Silindu was too lazy even to cultivate a chena properly , and even in a good year his crop was always the smallest in the village . He was always ...
Page 225
Leonard Woolf. chena , Arachchi . I cannot live without the chena . Without a chena I must starve . You cannot see me starve . Even now there is no grain in my house . You must give me the chena . ' Babehami thought for a while , then he ...
Leonard Woolf. chena , Arachchi . I cannot live without the chena . Without a chena I must starve . You cannot see me starve . Even now there is no grain in my house . You must give me the chena . ' Babehami thought for a while , then he ...
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... chena . Who ever heard of sowing a chena five months after the New Year ? It is not three months since the New Year . ' " " Punchi Menika would stand listening to them going over it again and again , hour after hour . She listened in ...
... chena . Who ever heard of sowing a chena five months after the New Year ? It is not three months since the New Year . ' " " Punchi Menika would stand listening to them going over it again and again , hour after hour . She listened in ...
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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