The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 96
... head , and a sheaf of jungle leaves in the folds of her cloth . And Buddha lived in the house some days in order to learn the behaviour of the girl . At the end of three days he gave her half a seer1 of rice , and said , " Amara Devi ...
... head , and a sheaf of jungle leaves in the folds of her cloth . And Buddha lived in the house some days in order to learn the behaviour of the girl . At the end of three days he gave her half a seer1 of rice , and said , " Amara Devi ...
Page 228
... head down , very still . And the hunter - fool , fool - crept after him through the undergrowth : there was no track then . Ah , it was thick then he could not see anything but the shrubs and thorns ; he did not see the red eyes behind ...
... head down , very still . And the hunter - fool , fool - crept after him through the undergrowth : there was no track then . Ah , it was thick then he could not see anything but the shrubs and thorns ; he did not see the red eyes behind ...
Page 296
... head very slowly and looked up at the prison . The sun beat down upon his face , which seemed to have been battered and pinched and folded and lined by age and misery . His eyes wandered from the prison to one of the cows . She stood ...
... head very slowly and looked up at the prison . The sun beat down upon his face , which seemed to have been battered and pinched and folded and lined by age and misery . His eyes wandered from the prison to one of the cows . She stood ...
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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