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Page 10
... rain had to fall before the tank filled . If the rains from the north - east in November were good , and the people could borrow seed , then the rice - fields in January and February were green , and the year brought the village health ...
... rain had to fall before the tank filled . If the rains from the north - east in November were good , and the people could borrow seed , then the rice - fields in January and February were green , and the year brought the village health ...
Page 53
... rain falls there , and there are cocoanut lands , and paddy grows . The village spreads and prospers , and the headman is a rich man . They say that tax is paid upon sixty men every year . It would be a good thing for you to take a wife ...
... rain falls there , and there are cocoanut lands , and paddy grows . The village spreads and prospers , and the headman is a rich man . They say that tax is paid upon sixty men every year . It would be a good thing for you to take a wife ...
Page 135
... rain fell and the seed was sown . just showed green above the ground , and drought came again , and the young shoots died down . The crop Then , when it was too late to save the crops , the rains came , and with them sickness . Want had ...
... rain fell and the seed was sown . just showed green above the ground , and drought came again , and the young shoots died down . The crop Then , when it was too late to save the crops , the rains came , and with them sickness . Want had ...
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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