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Page 80
... girl up or only filth , as the saying is ? They are called twins , but the one has been married a year and the other has not flowered yet ! ' ' Vederala ! I would give the girl , but she is unwilling . She told me last night that you ...
... girl up or only filth , as the saying is ? They are called twins , but the one has been married a year and the other has not flowered yet ! ' ' Vederala ! I would give the girl , but she is unwilling . She told me last night that you ...
Page 82
... girl , ' he said . ' The man is not a bad man if you do not cross him , and the girl is of age to marry . Even the bravest man does not go down the path where a devil lives . ' ' Only the fool struggles against the stronger , ' said ...
... girl , ' he said . ' The man is not a bad man if you do not cross him , and the girl is of age to marry . Even the bravest man does not go down the path where a devil lives . ' ' Only the fool struggles against the stronger , ' said ...
Page 121
... girl ; take her . " He will take the girl , and the devil will leave the man . Otherwise , if you do not do this the man will die , for something must be given - either the man or the girl . Remember , too , that the girl cannot be ...
... girl ; take her . " He will take the girl , and the devil will leave the man . Otherwise , if you do not do this the man will die , for something must be given - either the man or the girl . Remember , too , that the girl cannot be ...
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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