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Page 17
The words ran thus : ' Sleep, child, sleep against my side, 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
...
The words ran thus : ' Sleep, child, sleep against my side, 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
...
Page 18
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 appeared not even to be aware of their ...
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 appeared not even to be aware of their ...
Page 59
At the last words of Babun, Silindu cried out as if he had been struck : ' 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 ...
At the last words of Babun, Silindu cried out as if he had been struck : ' 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 ...
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User Review - kaitanya64 - LibraryThingSet in colonial Ceylon, this novel is vivid and readable. While the author clearly illustrates a particular culture and time, that of a rural family in the "dry" forest area, where life is ... Read full review
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User Review - Steve38 - LibraryThingDear me but this is a depressing book. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong for the main characters. Written from the point of view of impoverished, uneducated jungle dwellers in Sri Lanka by ... Read full review
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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 chena child cloth compound crop daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami 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
Bibliographic information
| Title | The village in the jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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