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... hear the trumpeting and squealing of a herd of elephants , or the frightened bark of the spotted deer , or the deeper bark of the sambur , or the blaring call of the peacock . But as the day wore on , and the heat settled down upon the ...
... hear the trumpeting and squealing of a herd of elephants , or the frightened bark of the spotted deer , or the deeper bark of the sambur , or the blaring call of the peacock . But as the day wore on , and the heat settled down upon the ...
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... hear a deer coming this way . " " Yakko , have you no ears ? " she said . " A long while now I have been listening to a herd of wild pig coming down wind . Can you not even now hear their strong breathing , and their rooting in the dry ...
... hear a deer coming this way . " " Yakko , have you no ears ? " she said . " A long while now I have been listening to a herd of wild pig coming down wind . Can you not even now hear their strong breathing , and their rooting in the dry ...
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... hear her . Her mind was numbed by the fear and un- certainty . She lay down on the ground , and an uneasy sleep came ... hear them crawling round us in the jungle , do do you hear ? Now- there ! I thought there was only one , fool that I ...
... hear her . Her mind was numbed by the fear and un- certainty . She lay down on the ground , and an uneasy sleep came ... hear them crawling round us in the jungle , do do you hear ? Now- there ! I thought there was only one , fool that I ...
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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