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Page 48
Come with me out of the path into the thick jungle. Last night I could not sleep for
thinking of you. So I came in the early morning along the path to meet you on
your way from the chena. I cannot sleep, Punchi Menika, for thinking of you.
Come with me out of the path into the thick jungle. Last night I could not sleep for
thinking of you. So I came in the early morning along the path to meet you on
your way from the chena. I cannot sleep, Punchi Menika, for thinking of you.
Page 95
And Amara Devi answered, " Go by this path until you come to a boutique where
they sell balls of rice and sugar ; go on until you come to another where they sell
kunji. From there you will see a flamboyant- tree in full blossom. At that tree take ...
And Amara Devi answered, " Go by this path until you come to a boutique where
they sell balls of rice and sugar ; go on until you come to another where they sell
kunji. From there you will see a flamboyant- tree in full blossom. At that tree take ...
Page 262
I am always on the path — to-morrow I shall leave this village — from village to
village, from town to town, and from jungle to jungle. I see many different men on
the path. Strange men, and they do strange things. Thieving, stabbing, killing ...
I am always on the path — to-morrow I shall leave this village — from village to
village, from town to town, and from jungle to jungle. I see many different men on
the path. Strange men, and they do strange things. Thieving, stabbing, killing ...
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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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