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Page 86
... tell me . ' · Aiyo ! what is the good of going to the hospital ? Why do you talk like that , vederala ? You are laughing at me . We know that it is the devils that have entered my brother , and that you alone have power to save him ...
... tell me . ' · Aiyo ! what is the good of going to the hospital ? Why do you talk like that , vederala ? You are laughing at me . We know that it is the devils that have entered my brother , and that you alone have power to save him ...
Page 128
... tell them , they say , by the eyes which do not blink . Rightly the village women call me yakkini . I will stay with you . Look at my arms . Are they not as strong as a man's arms ? I will but as you lie by my side strangle you ...
... tell them , they say , by the eyes which do not blink . Rightly the village women call me yakkini . I will stay with you . Look at my arms . Are they not as strong as a man's arms ? I will but as you lie by my side strangle you ...
Page 299
... tell you anything here . You must go to Kamburupitiya , and send a petition to the Agent Hamadoru . ' ' But you know my man , aiya ; you said you did . What harm to tell me ? Is he here now ? What has happened to him ? I have come many ...
... tell you anything here . You must go to Kamburupitiya , and send a petition to the Agent Hamadoru . ' ' But you know my man , aiya ; you said you did . What harm to tell me ? Is he here now ? What has happened to him ? I have come many ...
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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