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... Aney , chooti duwa , ' cooed one sister stroking me with her rough palm . ' Aney , Akka , our daughter looked like this too no , you remember ? ' She was fairer no , ' that was Seela . ' No , no she wasn't much fairer , ' again the same ...
... Aney , chooti duwa , ' cooed one sister stroking me with her rough palm . ' Aney , Akka , our daughter looked like this too no , you remember ? ' She was fairer no , ' that was Seela . ' No , no she wasn't much fairer , ' again the same ...
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... Aney darling , can't you bring a bit more cake after you finish with the Murrukku , but before you go , tell me , when is your mother coming back ? I thought she would have at least come back now to see you being a big girl in your ...
... Aney darling , can't you bring a bit more cake after you finish with the Murrukku , but before you go , tell me , when is your mother coming back ? I thought she would have at least come back now to see you being a big girl in your ...
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... Aney sister Beet , that is your grandson no ! When those universities hear that the boy has got a grandmother like you they will just give scholarship after scholarship . And that is not all , the child has such an intelligent man like ...
... Aney sister Beet , that is your grandson no ! When those universities hear that the boy has got a grandmother like you they will just give scholarship after scholarship . And that is not all , the child has such an intelligent man like ...
Common terms and phrases
Achi Adonis Ammi Aney asked aunty Lydia baby Bandaranayake became become began beginning birth body born boys brother brought Buddha Buddhist called Ceylon child coconut Colombo colour continued Dagma dead death died English entered eyes face father fish four friends girl give gone grandmother green hand happened head heart Jaffna karma killed king knew Lanka learned leave legs letter lived longer looked Lord Magi Maldive minimization minister Miss mother mountain mouth moved needed Nenda never night Nirvana once opened Perhaps person play Podian problem Ravana remained replied returned rice road servants Sharona Sinhala sister Siya Socialist stopped talk Tamil teacher tell Thathi things TM Mozart told took tree tried uncle wall woman