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Page 145
... chena crop had made it impossible to recover anything ; in fact he was pestered with requests for further loans to tide the debtors over the hot season , until the chenas could again be sown . The creditor was faced with an unpleasant ...
... chena crop had made it impossible to recover anything ; in fact he was pestered with requests for further loans to tide the debtors over the hot season , until the chenas could again be sown . The creditor was faced with an unpleasant ...
Page 244
... chena . " The Arachchi thought to himself : " Here is a fool . " But he said : " Very well , I will give the chena back to you . " Then we started for the chena , and as we went on the track I shot him from behind . He is lying dead ...
... chena . " The Arachchi thought to himself : " Here is a fool . " But he said : " Very well , I will give the chena back to you . " Then we started for the chena , and as we went on the track I shot him from behind . He is lying dead ...
Page 290
... chena . Who ever heard of sowing a chena five months after the New Year ? It is not three months since the New Year . ' 6 " Punchi Menika would stand listening to them going over it again and again , hour after hour . She listened in ...
... chena . Who ever heard of sowing a chena five months after the New Year ? It is not three months since the New Year . ' 6 " Punchi Menika would stand listening to them going over it again and again , hour after hour . She listened in ...
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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