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... such a village , why starve here ? " I have heard people say that far away in the west there are large towns , Colombo and Kalutara and Galle , where every one has F food and money always ; but , aiya , not THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE 153.
... such a village , why starve here ? " I have heard people say that far away in the west there are large towns , Colombo and Kalutara and Galle , where every one has F food and money always ; but , aiya , not THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE 153.
Page 155
... Colombo all say they are shameless . Very fair , very mad , and very shameless . Their eyes are like cat's eyes . The proverb says , " If the eyes of a woman are like the eyes of a cat , evil comes to the man who looks into them . " The ...
... Colombo all say they are shameless . Very fair , very mad , and very shameless . Their eyes are like cat's eyes . The proverb says , " If the eyes of a woman are like the eyes of a cat , evil comes to the man who looks into them . " The ...
Page 157
... Colombo is your village , how is it that you now live in Kamburupitiya ? ' " 1 Fernando laughed . ' What talk is this of villages ? ' he said . ' Everywhere here the question is , " Of what village is he ? " And then , " He is of ...
... Colombo is your village , how is it that you now live in Kamburupitiya ? ' " 1 Fernando laughed . ' What talk is this of villages ? ' he said . ' Everywhere here the question is , " Of what village is he ? " And then , " He is 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 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