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Page 17
... Aiyo aiyo ! the weary way you've cried ; Hush , child , hush , pressed close against my side . ' Aiyo ! aiyo ! will the trees never end ? Our women's feet are weary ; O Great One , send Night on us , that our wanderings may end . ' Hush ...
... Aiyo aiyo ! the weary way you've cried ; Hush , child , hush , pressed close against my side . ' Aiyo ! aiyo ! will the trees never end ? Our women's feet are weary ; O Great One , send Night on us , that our wanderings may end . ' Hush ...
Page 18
Leonard Woolf. ' Aiyo ! aiyo ! the way is rough and steep , Aiyo ! the thorns are sharp , the rivers deep , But the night comes at last . So sleep , child , sleep . ' Until Punchi Menika and Hinnihami were three years old Silindu ...
Leonard Woolf. ' Aiyo ! aiyo ! the way is rough and steep , Aiyo ! the thorns are sharp , the rivers deep , But the night comes at last . So sleep , child , sleep . ' Until Punchi Menika and Hinnihami were three years old Silindu ...
Page 59
... Aiyo ! aiyo ! they take even my daughter from me . Is there money in the house ? No. Is there rice ? No. Is there kurakkan , or chillies , or jaggery , 1 or salt even ? The house is empty . But there is always something for the thief to ...
... Aiyo ! aiyo ! they take even my daughter from me . Is there money in the house ? No. Is there rice ? No. Is there kurakkan , or chillies , or jaggery , 1 or salt even ? The house is empty . But there is always something for the thief to ...
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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 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 Malay 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