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Page 139
Then it was remembered that , three days before , the child had been carrying
some leaves when he met the deer and Hinnihami . The deer had gone up to the
child and tried to nibble the leaves , but the boy had snatched them away .
Then it was remembered that , three days before , the child had been carrying
some leaves when he met the deer and Hinnihami . The deer had gone up to the
child and tried to nibble the leaves , but the boy had snatched them away .
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mark , but another followed , and struck with a thud upon the deer ' s side . He
bounded forward . Hinnihami cried out and ran towards him : at the sound of her
voice he stopped and looked round . A shower of stones fell about him : thin ...
mark , but another followed , and struck with a thud upon the deer ' s side . He
bounded forward . Hinnihami cried out and ran towards him : at the sound of her
voice he stopped and looked round . A shower of stones fell about him : thin ...
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As for the hanging , that is very foolish ; the judge must be a foolish man , but I do
not think it will hurt you . Remember it is not for the killing of the two men , but for
the previous birth . Then there comes hell . You must have killed many deer and ...
As for the hanging , that is very foolish ; the judge must be a foolish man , but I do
not think it will hurt you . Remember it is not for the killing of the two men , but for
the previous birth . Then there comes hell . You must have killed many deer and ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0701202564, 9780701202569 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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