The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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... hear a deer coming this way . " Yakko , have you no ears ? " she said . " A long while now I have been listening to a herd of wild pig coming down wind . Can you not even now hear their strong breathing , and their rooting in the dry ...
... hear a deer coming this way . " Yakko , have you no ears ? " she said . " A long while now I have been listening to a herd of wild pig coming down wind . Can you not even now hear their strong breathing , and their rooting in the dry ...
Page 113
... hear us . I pray you , veder- ala - you are a wise man , and renowned for your knowledge - tell me what wrong have we done . The devil remains ; the god has not heard us , nor driven him out . ' . ' Be patient , mother . This fever is a ...
... hear us . I pray you , veder- ala - you are a wise man , and renowned for your knowledge - tell me what wrong have we done . The devil remains ; the god has not heard us , nor driven him out . ' . ' Be patient , mother . This fever is a ...
Page 214
... hear her . Her mind was numbed by the fear and un- certainty . She lay down on the ground , and an uneasy sleep came ... hear them crawling round us in the jungle , do you hear ? Now- there ! I thought there was only one , fool that I ...
... hear her . Her mind was numbed by the fear and un- certainty . She lay down on the ground , and an uneasy sleep came ... hear them crawling round us in the jungle , do you hear ? Now- there ! I thought there was only one , fool that I ...
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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