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Page 186
... buffalo knows , the old buffalo knows ; the young men laugh at him , " buffaloes ' eyes , they say , " blind eyes , foolish eyes , a foolish face like a buffalo , " but he is clever , amma ! he is clever - when wounded - when he hears ...
... buffalo knows , the old buffalo knows ; the young men laugh at him , " buffaloes ' eyes , they say , " blind eyes , foolish eyes , a foolish face like a buffalo , " but he is clever , amma ! he is clever - when wounded - when he hears ...
Page 212
... buffalo . And at last , the hunting of the hunter , very slow , very quiet , very cun- ning ; and at the end , after a long time , the blood of the hunter . ' ' But , Appochchi , stop , do . What does it mean ? They are taking him to ...
... buffalo . And at last , the hunting of the hunter , very slow , very quiet , very cun- ning ; and at the end , after a long time , the blood of the hunter . ' ' But , Appochchi , stop , do . What does it mean ? They are taking him to ...
Page 227
... buffalo : I have seen that - here - on this very track - before it was cleared -- many years ago . The buffalo is stupid , isn't he , little Arachchi ? Very stupid ; he does not see - he does not hear -he goes on wallowing in his mud ...
... buffalo : I have seen that - here - on this very track - before it was cleared -- many years ago . The buffalo is stupid , isn't he , little Arachchi ? Very stupid ; he does not see - he does not hear -he goes on wallowing in his mud ...
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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