The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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... trees , which look like a tangle of gigantic spiders ' legs - smooth , bright green , jointed together - from which , when they are broken , oozes out a milky , viscous fluid . And between the trees are the bushes which often knit the ...
... trees , which look like a tangle of gigantic spiders ' legs - smooth , bright green , jointed together - from which , when they are broken , oozes out a milky , viscous fluid . And between the trees are the bushes which often knit the ...
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... trees . ' ' Yes , it was Bogama . It was a village like this in my father's time , and in your father's time . I can myself remember houses there near the nuga - trees . ' " ' Of Karlinahami . course , ' said • Podi Sinho's wife ...
... trees . ' ' Yes , it was Bogama . It was a village like this in my father's time , and in your father's time . I can myself remember houses there near the nuga - trees . ' " ' Of Karlinahami . course , ' said • Podi Sinho's wife ...
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... trees . Suddenly a blind terror came upon him , and he began to run through the dense jungle . The boughs of the trees lashed him as he ran down the narrow tracks ; the thorns tore him like spurs . He lost all sense of direction ; vague ...
... trees . Suddenly a blind terror came upon him , and he began to run through the dense jungle . The boughs of the trees lashed him as he ran down the narrow tracks ; the thorns tore him like spurs . He lost all sense of direction ; vague ...
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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