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Page 18
But one day he was sitting in front of his hut staring into the jungle , when Punchi
Menika crawled up to him and put her hand on his knee , and looked solemnly up
into his face . Silindu looked down at her , took her by her hands , and stood ...
But one day he was sitting in front of his hut staring into the jungle , when Punchi
Menika crawled up to him and put her hand on his knee , and looked solemnly up
into his face . Silindu looked down at her , took her by her hands , and stood ...
Page 60
Punchi Menika rushed forward , threw herself at Silindu's feet , which she
touched and caressed with her hands . She struck the ground several times with
her forehead , crying and wailing : · Appochchil Appochchi ! Will you with your
words ?
Punchi Menika rushed forward , threw herself at Silindu's feet , which she
touched and caressed with her hands . She struck the ground several times with
her forehead , crying and wailing : · Appochchil Appochchi ! Will you with your
words ?
Page 95
At that tree take the path towards the hand with which you eat rice . That is the
way to my father's house . " And the Buddha went as Amara Devi had directed
him , and found the house , and went in . Amara Devi's mother was in the house ,
and ...
At that tree take the path towards the hand with which you eat rice . That is the
way to my father's house . " And the Buddha went as Amara Devi had directed
him , and found the house , and went in . Amara Devi's mother was in the house ,
and ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Hansa, 1972 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Nov 2017 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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