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Page 68
... sanyasi sits behind the little temple under a banian- tree . To - day , when the sun sinks behind the trees of the jungle , take your brother to him and make inquiry . ' Punchirala got up and began walking away , followed by the ...
... sanyasi sits behind the little temple under a banian- tree . To - day , when the sun sinks behind the trees of the jungle , take your brother to him and make inquiry . ' Punchirala got up and began walking away , followed by the ...
Page 69
... sanyasi spoke only a strange language , unintelligible to the Tamils and Sinhalese in the crowd , but there stood by him an old Tamil man who interpreted what he said . Babun led Silindu up to the sanyasi and dropped the money in the ...
... sanyasi spoke only a strange language , unintelligible to the Tamils and Sinhalese in the crowd , but there stood by him an old Tamil man who interpreted what he said . Babun led Silindu up to the sanyasi and dropped the money in the ...
Page 70
... sanyasi , and then said to Babun : ' The holy man says that the offering is too small . ' ' Father , it is all we have . We are very poor . Rain never falls upon our fields , and we have no land . We pray him to help us . ' There was ...
... sanyasi , and then said to Babun : ' The holy man says that the offering is too small . ' ' Father , it is all we have . We are very poor . Rain never falls upon our fields , and we have no land . We pray him to help us . ' There was ...
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