The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 120
... face marked with scars , and one - eyed . He is a vederala , very skilled in charms . You have not told why the one - eyed man is angry , but the holy man knows because of his holiness and wisdom . The one - eyed man came and said ...
... face marked with scars , and one - eyed . He is a vederala , very skilled in charms . You have not told why the one - eyed man is angry , but the holy man knows because of his holiness and wisdom . The one - eyed man came and said ...
Page 236
... face . It was the face of the grey monkeys which leap above the jungle among the tree - tops , and peer down at you through the branches ; a face scarred and pinched by suffering and weariness and fear . It was as if something evil from ...
... face . It was the face of the grey monkeys which leap above the jungle among the tree - tops , and peer down at you through the branches ; a face scarred and pinched by suffering and weariness and fear . It was as if something evil from ...
Page 273
... face , when he saw that it was Silindu . A great change had come over him in the short time during which he had been in prison . His skin , a sickly yellow colour , seemed to have shrunk with the flesh and muscle , which had wasted ; he ...
... face , when he saw that it was Silindu . A great change had come over him in the short time during which he had been in prison . His skin , a sickly yellow colour , seemed to have shrunk with the flesh and muscle , which had wasted ; he ...
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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