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Page 45
... Mahatmaya . All through the next day they lay in the cave , and ate only the cold rice , and the Korala Mahat- maya talked much of the Malay women , and their eyes , which were shaped like pomegranate seeds . And in the evening , at the ...
... Mahatmaya . All through the next day they lay in the cave , and ate only the cold rice , and the Korala Mahat- maya talked much of the Malay women , and their eyes , which were shaped like pomegranate seeds . And in the evening , at the ...
Page 100
... Mahatmaya ; I said to him : " Can men live on air ? " He is a hard man . He said ( his stomach swollen with rice ) ... Mahatmaya and arranged about the chenas . Had it not been for him , we should all have starved . ' ' I know . The ...
... Mahatmaya ; I said to him : " Can men live on air ? " He is a hard man . He said ( his stomach swollen with rice ) ... Mahatmaya and arranged about the chenas . Had it not been for him , we should all have starved . ' ' I know . The ...
Page 101
... Mahatmaya while you were away in the chena . She offered herself to him . The Mahatmaya said to her , " I cannot take you unless the man gives you . " Then he came to me : he said to me , " This woman says this and that to me . It would ...
... Mahatmaya while you were away in the chena . She offered herself to him . The Mahatmaya said to her , " I cannot take you unless the man gives you . " Then he came to me : he said to me , " This woman says this and that to me . It would ...
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aiya Aiyo Arachchi asked Babehami Babun became Beddagama began better bring brother brought called carrying charm chena child clear cloth comes compound court crop daughter dead deer devil died evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando followed fool girl give given Hamadoru hand hang head headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter interpreter judge jungle Kamburupitiya Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave listen live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning Mudalali never night once passed path perhaps prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain returned rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly speak stand stood story strange talk tell temple thing thought told took track trees trouble true turned understand vederala village voice walked watched wife wild wind woman women