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... wind cannot force its way . The sound of the great wind rushing over the tree - tops makes the silence below seem more heavy . The air is heavy with the heat beating up from the earth , and with the smell of dead leaves . All the bushes ...
... wind cannot force its way . The sound of the great wind rushing over the tree - tops makes the silence below seem more heavy . The air is heavy with the heat beating up from the earth , and with the smell of dead leaves . All the bushes ...
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... wind begins to blow from the south - west , fitfully at first , but growing steadier and stronger every day . A little rain falls , the last before the long drought sets in . The hot , dry wind sweeps over the trees . The grass and the ...
... wind begins to blow from the south - west , fitfully at first , but growing steadier and stronger every day . A little rain falls , the last before the long drought sets in . The hot , dry wind sweeps over the trees . The grass and the ...
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... wind that blows in from the sea . Day after day they wander away from the rivers into the wind , south towards the sea , stopping from time to time to raise their heads and snuff in the scent of water , which draws them on . Again many ...
... wind that blows in from the sea . Day after day they wander away from the rivers into the wind , south towards the sea , stopping from time to time to raise their heads and snuff in the scent of water , which draws them on . Again 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