The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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... jungle ; the air and smell of the jungle lay heavy upon it - the smell of hot air , of dust , and of dry and powdered leaves and sticks . Its beginning and its end was in the jungle , which stretched away from it on all sides unbroken ...
... jungle ; the air and smell of the jungle lay heavy upon it - the smell of hot air , of dust , and of dry and powdered leaves and sticks . Its beginning and its end was in the jungle , which stretched away from it on all sides unbroken ...
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... jungle . The villagers were astonished and shocked , but Silindu went his own way . He showed them the water - holes upon the rocks ; the thick jungle where the elephant hides himself from the heat of the day , strolling leisurely among ...
... jungle . The villagers were astonished and shocked , but Silindu went his own way . He showed them the water - holes upon the rocks ; the thick jungle where the elephant hides himself from the heat of the day , strolling leisurely among ...
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... jungle . Their terror must have been very like hers ; she was alone , terribly alone and deserted ; she too had lost her way , and like them one path was as good or as bad to her as another . Karlinahami was nearly fifty years old now ...
... jungle . Their terror must have been very like hers ; she was alone , terribly alone and deserted ; she too had lost her way , and like them one path was as good or as bad to her as another . Karlinahami was nearly fifty years old now ...
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