The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 53
Leonard Woolf. Nanchohami laughed . There is no difficulty . When you go to the chena the women look after you and smile and say , " Chi ! chi ! There goes a man . O that he would take my daughter to his house . " But there are no women ...
Leonard Woolf. Nanchohami laughed . There is no difficulty . When you go to the chena the women look after you and smile and say , " Chi ! chi ! There goes a man . O that he would take my daughter to his house . " But there are no women ...
Page 59
... laughed and called me " Appochchi " 2 when I brought them fruits and honeycomb from the jungle . They creep in like the hooded snake , and steal them away from me . Aiyo ! aiyo ! The little ones laugh to go . ' 1 Native sugar made from ...
... laughed and called me " Appochchi " 2 when I brought them fruits and honeycomb from the jungle . They creep in like the hooded snake , and steal them away from me . Aiyo ! aiyo ! The little ones laugh to go . ' 1 Native sugar made from ...
Page 222
... laughed at me then . A foolish old man , a mad old man , eh ? Ha , ha ! little Arachchi , little Arachchi , you have laughed at me too - for years , haven't you , haven't you ? ' They beat That was ' What is all this , Silindu ? What do ...
... laughed at me then . A foolish old man , a mad old man , eh ? Ha , ha ! little Arachchi , little Arachchi , you have laughed at me too - for years , haven't you , haven't you ? ' They beat That was ' What is all this , Silindu ? What do ...
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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