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Page 150
It's true , aiya . ' · And what can I do , a town man , with all these chenas ? I ought
to have a gambaraya . ' ' Yes , you want a gambaraya . ' ' So I thought , and I
thought too , “ This Babun is the only man in the village , why shouldn't he be my
...
It's true , aiya . ' · And what can I do , a town man , with all these chenas ? I ought
to have a gambaraya . ' ' Yes , you want a gambaraya . ' ' So I thought , and I
thought too , “ This Babun is the only man in the village , why shouldn't he be my
...
Page 252
Her first terror when she had been told of what her father had done had given
place to bewilderment , but when she saw him in charge of the police sergeant
she ran to him with a cry : Is it true , Appochchi ; is it true , what they say ? What
do ...
Her first terror when she had been told of what her father had done had given
place to bewilderment , but when she saw him in charge of the police sergeant
she ran to him with a cry : Is it true , Appochchi ; is it true , what they say ? What
do ...
Page 254
It was true when they said that I was a useless man in the village . To creep
through the leaves like a jackal ; yes , I can do that ; but what else ? Isn't the bad
crop in the chena rightly called Silindu's crop . There was never food in my house
.
It was true when they said that I was a useless man in the village . To creep
through the leaves like a jackal ; yes , I can do that ; but what else ? Isn't the bad
crop in the chena rightly called Silindu's crop . There was never food in my house
.
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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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