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Page 70
... brother had made him feared and respected . They , had cultivated a chena in common , and a dispute had arisen over ... brother's com- pound . The next morning his brother was found to be lying unable to speak or move . The wife and ...
... brother had made him feared and respected . They , had cultivated a chena in common , and a dispute had arisen over ... brother's com- pound . The next morning his brother was found to be lying unable to speak or move . The wife and ...
Page 86
... brother there . It is only three days ' journey . ' ' Vederala ! my brother lies in the hut dying . He has covered his head with his cloth , and he will neither eat nor speak . Life is slipping from him . ' ' The doctor Mahatmaya will ...
... brother there . It is only three days ' journey . ' ' Vederala ! my brother lies in the hut dying . He has covered his head with his cloth , and he will neither eat nor speak . Life is slipping from him . ' ' The doctor Mahatmaya will ...
Page 114
... brother now ? ' ' Why should I see your brother ? ' said the vederala angrily . ' What good can I do ? Did I not tell you , woman , that I cannot cure your brother's fever ? Where the god fails , can the man succeed ? O the minds of ...
... brother now ? ' ' Why should I see your brother ? ' said the vederala angrily . ' What good can I do ? Did I not tell you , woman , that I cannot cure your brother's fever ? Where the god fails , can the man succeed ? O the minds 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