The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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... round and round the holes , stretching down their heads to the water , which they cannot touch . Many die of thirst and weakness around the water - holes . From time to time one , in his efforts to reach the water , slips , and falls ...
... round and round the holes , stretching down their heads to the water , which they cannot touch . Many die of thirst and weakness around the water - holes . From time to time one , in his efforts to reach the water , slips , and falls ...
Page 17
... round the one room or outside round the door , very still and silent , listening to her droning voice as she squatted by the fire and stared out into the darkness . Outside lay Silindu , apparently paying no attention to the tale . The ...
... round the one room or outside round the door , very still and silent , listening to her droning voice as she squatted by the fire and stared out into the darkness . Outside lay Silindu , apparently paying no attention to the tale . The ...
Page 156
Leonard Woolf. into her eyes goes round and round very quickly on the floor . ' Aiya , aiya , is this a true tale ? ' ' Why should I tell you what is false ? Did I not live twenty years there in Colombo ? It is a great town . In the ...
Leonard Woolf. into her eyes goes round and round very quickly on the floor . ' Aiya , aiya , is this a true tale ? ' ' Why should I tell you what is false ? Did I not live twenty years there in Colombo ? It is a great town . In the ...
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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