The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 82
... turned upon them in his anger and fear : ' Have you too joined to plague me ? Evils come upon a man : it is fate . What can I do ? The girl is unwilling : am I to throw away the kurakkan when the rice is already stolen ? Am I to help ...
... turned upon them in his anger and fear : ' Have you too joined to plague me ? Evils come upon a man : it is fate . What can I do ? The girl is unwilling : am I to throw away the kurakkan when the rice is already stolen ? Am I to help ...
Page 192
... way for , to trouble me ? I am going to Kamburu- pitiya . " I told him what had happened and 1 A peya is a Sinhalese hour , and is equal to about twenty minutes . turned with him to go back . We came to 192 THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE.
... way for , to trouble me ? I am going to Kamburu- pitiya . " I told him what had happened and 1 A peya is a Sinhalese hour , and is equal to about twenty minutes . turned with him to go back . We came to 192 THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE.
Page 295
... turned on her his eyes , which were covered with a film the colour of the film which forms on stagnant water ; then he began again to stare at the palms in silence . ' Father , ' she said , ' is that the prison ? ' The old man looked up ...
... turned on her his eyes , which were covered with a film the colour of the film which forms on stagnant water ; then he began again to stare at the palms in silence . ' Father , ' she said , ' is that the prison ? ' The old man looked up ...
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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