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Page 10
... rice ' ; but in reality they only cultivated rice about once in ten years . Rice requires water in plenty ; it must stand in water for weeks before it grows ripe for the reaping . It could only be cultivated if the village tank filled ...
... rice ' ; but in reality they only cultivated rice about once in ten years . Rice requires water in plenty ; it must stand in water for weeks before it grows ripe for the reaping . It could only be cultivated if the village tank filled ...
Page 96
... rice , and said , " Amara Devi , cook for me kunji , boiled rice , and cakes . " She never thought to say , " How can I cook so much out of half a seer of rice ? " but was ready to do as she was told . She cleaned the rice , boiled the ...
... rice , and said , " Amara Devi , cook for me kunji , boiled rice , and cakes . " She never thought to say , " How can I cook so much out of half a seer of rice ? " but was ready to do as she was told . She cleaned the rice , boiled the ...
Page 151
... rice and grow fat elsewhere ? ' ' So my sister and her man said , aiya ! They wanted me to go away and marry in another village - over there ; rain falls and rice grows there . But it is a great evil to live in a strange place and among ...
... rice and grow fat elsewhere ? ' ' So my sister and her man said , aiya ! They wanted me to go away and marry in another village - over there ; rain falls and rice grows there . But it is a great evil to live in a strange place and among ...
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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