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Page 222
Now, Arachchi, that was nothing ; do not mind what I said then. I was thinking,
thinking. You know they call me mad in the village. Well, I was thinking, you know
, now that Babun is over there for six months, I heard the judge Hamadoru say
that ...
Now, Arachchi, that was nothing ; do not mind what I said then. I was thinking,
thinking. You know they call me mad in the village. Well, I was thinking, you know
, now that Babun is over there for six months, I heard the judge Hamadoru say
that ...
Page 223
You know that well, Arachchi, don't you ? I cannot speak well — like you,
Arachchi — in the court. But this is what I want to say. I do not like this Babun ; all
the trouble has come from him. I am a quiet man in the village, you know that. I
said to ...
You know that well, Arachchi, don't you ? I cannot speak well — like you,
Arachchi — in the court. But this is what I want to say. I do not like this Babun ; all
the trouble has come from him. I am a quiet man in the village, you know that. I
said to ...
Page 227
Do I know the tracks, Arachchi ?' ' Of course, every one knows you to be the best
hunter in the district.' ' Aiyo, the best hunter in the district ! And do you know,
Arachchi, that I am afraid of the jungle ?' ' So they say. What are you afraid of ?
Do I know the tracks, Arachchi ?' ' Of course, every one knows you to be the best
hunter in the district.' ' Aiyo, the best hunter in the district ! And do you know,
Arachchi, that I am afraid of the jungle ?' ' So they say. What are you afraid of ?
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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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