The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 17
... mother , or were stories usually about Buddha , which she had heard told by pilgrims round the camp- fire on their way to pilgrimages , or in the madamas or pilgrims ' resting - places at festivals . These tales , and a curious droning ...
... mother , or were stories usually about Buddha , which she had heard told by pilgrims round the camp- fire on their way to pilgrimages , or in the madamas or pilgrims ' resting - places at festivals . These tales , and a curious droning ...
Page 28
... mother only of the dead , a mother of six dead children . Look at my breasts , shrivelled and milkless . I say to the father of my child , 1 Father of Podi Sinho , " I say , " there is no kurakkan in the house , there is no millet and ...
... mother only of the dead , a mother of six dead children . Look at my breasts , shrivelled and milkless . I say to the father of my child , 1 Father of Podi Sinho , " I say , " there is no kurakkan in the house , there is no millet and ...
Page 95
... mother was in the house , and she welcomed the Buddha , and made him sit down . And he , seeing the poverty of the house , said , " Mother , I am a tailor . Have you anything for me to sew ? " And she said , " Son , there are clothes ...
... mother was in the house , and she welcomed the Buddha , and made him sit down . And he , seeing the poverty of the house , said , " Mother , I am a tailor . Have you anything for me to sew ? " And she said , " Son , there are clothes ...
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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