The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 24
... side for hour upon hour through the hot afternoons , very still and very silent , while he stared silently before him , or droned out his interminable tales . They grew up to be strange and silent children , sitting one on either side ...
... side for hour upon hour through the hot afternoons , very still and very silent , while he stared silently before him , or droned out his interminable tales . They grew up to be strange and silent children , sitting one on either side ...
Page 191
... side The hole was big enough for a of the house . The hole was big man to crawl through . There are two rooms in the house , one on the eastern side , and one on the western side . We , my wife and I , were sleeping that night in the ...
... side The hole was big enough for a of the house . The hole was big man to crawl through . There are two rooms in the house , one on the eastern side , and one on the western side . We , my wife and I , were sleeping that night in the ...
Page 263
... side to side . He is very sad , thinking of his sins in the previous birth . Then I say to him , " Brother , your feet too are upon the path . It is good to think of the sins of the previous birth , but there is no need of such sadness ...
... side to side . He is very sad , thinking of his sins in the previous birth . Then I say to him , " Brother , your feet too are upon the path . It is good to think of the sins of the previous birth , but there is no need of such sadness ...
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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