The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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... fear ? Yet there is fear in his eyes and in his slinking feet , fear in his pricked ears and in the bound with which he vanishes into the shadows at the least suspicious sound . In the time of the rains the jungle might seem to be a ...
... fear ? Yet there is fear in his eyes and in his slinking feet , fear in his pricked ears and in the bound with which he vanishes into the shadows at the least suspicious sound . In the time of the rains the jungle might seem to be a ...
Page 11
... fear and hunger for ever crouch , slink , and peer with every beast , so hunger and the fear of hunger always lay upon the village . It was only for a few months each year after the crop was reaped that the villagers knew the daily ...
... fear and hunger for ever crouch , slink , and peer with every beast , so hunger and the fear of hunger always lay upon the village . It was only for a few months each year after the crop was reaped that the villagers knew the daily ...
Page 306
... fear came upon her , the fear of the jungle , blind agonising fear . ' Appochchi , Appochchi ! ' she screamed . ' He has come , the devil from the bush . He has come for me as you said . Aiyo ! 306 THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE.
... fear came upon her , the fear of the jungle , blind agonising fear . ' Appochchi , Appochchi ! ' she screamed . ' He has come , the devil from the bush . He has come for me as you said . Aiyo ! 306 THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE.
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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