The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 14
... strange , unconscious way , in the same unconscious way in which the wild buffalo loves the wallow , and the leopard his lair among the rocks . Silent , inert , and sullen he worked in the chena or squatted about his compound , but when ...
... strange , unconscious way , in the same unconscious way in which the wild buffalo loves the wallow , and the leopard his lair among the rocks . Silent , inert , and sullen he worked in the chena or squatted about his compound , but when ...
Page 152
... strange place ? Can I take the woman and the child with me ? I have no house there , and no money to buy in the bazaar . Among strangers and in strange places evil comes . Here my father lived , and his father before him , in this house ...
... strange place ? Can I take the woman and the child with me ? I have no house there , and no money to buy in the bazaar . Among strangers and in strange places evil comes . Here my father lived , and his father before him , in this house ...
Page 153
... strange place . I am a poor man and ignorant , and I cannot explain it to you better . There is always trouble and evil in strange places ; when a man goes even upon a journey or pilgrimage to Kamburupitiya or Maha Pot- ana or Beragama ...
... strange place . I am a poor man and ignorant , and I cannot explain it to you better . There is always trouble and evil in strange places ; when a man goes even upon a journey or pilgrimage to Kamburupitiya or Maha Pot- ana or Beragama ...
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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