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Page 67
... fever is fighting against him . ' - ' Aiyo ! what help for the cultivator when the flies have sucked the strength from the paddy ? He sowed in an unlucky hour , and not even the god can help him . Pity us , vederala . Will you not come ...
... fever is fighting against him . ' - ' Aiyo ! what help for the cultivator when the flies have sucked the strength from the paddy ? He sowed in an unlucky hour , and not even the god can help him . Pity us , vederala . Will you not come ...
Page 80
... fever and dysentery swept over the country . There was not a family in Beddagama which did not suffer , nor a house in which death did not take the old or the children . The doctor Mahatmaya , whom Punchirala despised , appeared in the ...
... fever and dysentery swept over the country . There was not a family in Beddagama which did not suffer , nor a house in which death did not take the old or the children . The doctor Mahatmaya , whom Punchirala despised , appeared in the ...
Page 90
... fever , and that his wife had gone away , and no one knew where she had gone . ' ' But people died of fever in Beddagama . ' ' Yes , aiya , of course many people die of fever here too . But they die among their relations , and friends ...
... fever , and that his wife had gone away , and no one knew where she had gone . ' ' But people died of fever in Beddagama . ' ' Yes , aiya , of course many people die of fever here too . But they die among their relations , and friends ...
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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