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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
...
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
...
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 , or salt even ? The
house ...
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 , or salt even ? The
house ...
Page 81
Aiyo ! how can I do this ? ' . And the headman of Bogama , and the devil that still
dances beneath the trees . ' Silindu ' s face worked with excitement . ' Ask
anything else of me , vederala I cannot do this , I cannot do this . ' Punchirala
walked ...
Aiyo ! how can I do this ? ' . And the headman of Bogama , and the devil that still
dances beneath the trees . ' Silindu ' s face worked with excitement . ' Ask
anything else of me , vederala I cannot do this , I cannot do this . ' Punchirala
walked ...
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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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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 | reprint |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0701202564, 9780701202569 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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