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Page 143
He was a fool, yes, a fool ; he knew that ; but how can a man know how to walk
surrounded by all the snares of evil and disaster ? A man may wash himself
clean of oil, but however much he rubs himself he will never rub off fate. And then
there ...
He was a fool, yes, a fool ; he knew that ; but how can a man know how to walk
surrounded by all the snares of evil and disaster ? A man may wash himself
clean of oil, but however much he rubs himself he will never rub off fate. And then
there ...
Page 228
And the hunter — fool, fool — crept after him through the undergrowth : there was
no track then. Ah, it was thick then : he could not see anything but the shrubs and
thorns ; he did not see the red eyes behind him nor the great head down.
And the hunter — fool, fool — crept after him through the undergrowth : there was
no track then. Ah, it was thick then : he could not see anything but the shrubs and
thorns ; he did not see the red eyes behind him nor the great head down.
Page 290
Three months, you fool ? Is a chena crop like ninety days' rice ? ' * Fool ? Who is
a fool ? ' 'Hold your tongue! Hold your tongue ! At any rate, it was before the New
Year, and it's already six months since the New Year.' ' Aiyo ! Six months since ...
Three months, you fool ? Is a chena crop like ninety days' rice ? ' * Fool ? Who is
a fool ? ' 'Hold your tongue! Hold your tongue ! At any rate, it was before the New
Year, and it's already six months since the New Year.' ' Aiyo ! Six months since ...
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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 chena child cloth compound crop daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami 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
Bibliographic information
| Title | The village in the jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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