The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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... young ones ' feet on the dry leaves ? " Yakkini , " I said , for I heard her teeth click- ing in the darkness , " the ear of the hungry is in the belly the sound of your teeth can be heard a hoo1 cry's distance away . " So we lay still ...
... young ones ' feet on the dry leaves ? " Yakkini , " I said , for I heard her teeth click- ing in the darkness , " the ear of the hungry is in the belly the sound of your teeth can be heard a hoo1 cry's distance away . " So we lay still ...
Page 51
Leonard Woolf. customs and formalities are often not observed . The young girls are not kept within the house ; they have to work . The young men know them , and often choose for themselves . There is no family arrangement , no formal ...
Leonard Woolf. customs and formalities are often not observed . The young girls are not kept within the house ; they have to work . The young men know them , and often choose for themselves . There is no family arrangement , no formal ...
Page 170
... young man must have a woman . It is foolish to stand in his way . Even the buck will turn upon you in the rutting season . ' ' All that is forgotten now . ' ' So the Mahatmaya says : " It is time , " he said , " for him to marry . Send ...
... young man must have a woman . It is foolish to stand in his way . Even the buck will turn upon you in the rutting season . ' ' All that is forgotten now . ' ' So the Mahatmaya says : " It is time , " he said , " for him to marry . Send ...
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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