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Page 113
I pray you , vederala -you are a wise man , and renowned for your knowledge -
tell me what wrong have we done . The devil remains ; the god has not heard us ,
nor driven him out . ' • Be patient , mother . This fever is a hard thing to cure .
I pray you , vederala -you are a wise man , and renowned for your knowledge -
tell me what wrong have we done . The devil remains ; the god has not heard us ,
nor driven him out . ' • Be patient , mother . This fever is a hard thing to cure .
Page 161
I cannot tell you what he said . ' Nonsense . You have beaten my servant and you
must tell me why , or I must go to the headman . ' Aiya , why force me to tell what
is shameful ? ' • What nonsense . Are you a child , then ? What shame is there ...
I cannot tell you what he said . ' Nonsense . You have beaten my servant and you
must tell me why , or I must go to the headman . ' Aiya , why force me to tell what
is shameful ? ' • What nonsense . Are you a child , then ? What shame is there ...
Page 299
Aiya , how can I tell his name ? ' • What was his name , fool ? ' They called him
Babun . ' What was he convicted for ? ' . It was a false case . They said he had
robbed the Arachchi . ' Oh , that man , yes . The Arachchi was killed afterwards ...
Aiya , how can I tell his name ? ' • What was his name , fool ? ' They called him
Babun . ' What was he convicted for ? ' . It was a false case . They said he had
robbed the Arachchi . ' Oh , that man , yes . The Arachchi was killed afterwards ...
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User Review - Steve38 - LibraryThingDear me but this is a depressing book. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong for the main characters. Written from the point of view of impoverished, uneducated jungle dwellers in Sri Lanka by ... Read full review
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aiya Aiyo Arachchi asked Babehami Babun became began bring brother brought called carrying charm chena child clear cloth comes compound court crop daughter dead deer devil died evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando followed fool girl give given Hamadoru hand hang head headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter interpreter judge jungle Kamburupitiya Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave lies listen live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning mother Mudalali never night once passed path perhaps prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu slowly speak squatted stand stood strange talk tell temple thing thought told took track trees trouble true turned understand vederala village voice waited walked watched wife wild wind woman women
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Hansa, 1972 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Nov 2017 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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