The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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... kurunies of kurakkan for every kuruni lent to them . Nanchohami had touched the mainspring upon which the life of the village worked- debt . The villagers lived upon debt , and their debts were the main topic of their conversation . A ...
... kurunies of kurakkan for every kuruni lent to them . Nanchohami had touched the mainspring upon which the life of the village worked- debt . The villagers lived upon debt , and their debts were the main topic of their conversation . A ...
Page 39
... kurunies ! I would repay it twofold at the reaping of Nugagahahena . ' Babehami chewed for some minutes , and spat with great deliberation . then ' I have no grain to lend now , Silindu . ' ' Ralahami , it is only ten kurunies I am ...
... kurunies ! I would repay it twofold at the reaping of Nugagahahena . ' Babehami chewed for some minutes , and spat with great deliberation . then ' I have no grain to lend now , Silindu . ' ' Ralahami , it is only ten kurunies I am ...
Page 40
... kurunies , and I will repay it threefold . ' ' If you had come last poya , Silindu , I could have given it . But I owed fifteen rupees to Nandiyas , the boutique - keeper in Kamburu- pitiya , for clothes , and I took kurakkan to pay it ...
... kurunies , and I will repay it threefold . ' ' If you had come last poya , Silindu , I could have given it . But I owed fifteen rupees to Nandiyas , the boutique - keeper in Kamburu- pitiya , for clothes , and I took kurakkan to pay it ...
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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