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Page 16
... side for hour upon hour through the hot afternoons , very still and very silent , while he stared silently before him , or droned out his interminable tales . They grew up to be strange and silent children , sitting one on either side ...
... side for hour upon hour through the hot afternoons , very still and very silent , while he stared silently before him , or droned out his interminable tales . They grew up to be strange and silent children , sitting one on either side ...
Page 112
... side of the house . The hole was big enough for a man to crawl through . There are two rooms in the house , one on the eastern side , and one on the western side . We , my wife and I , were sleeping that night in the room on the east side ...
... side of the house . The hole was big enough for a man to crawl through . There are two rooms in the house , one on the eastern side , and one on the western side . We , my wife and I , were sleeping that night in the room on the east side ...
Page 154
... side to side . He is very sad , thinking of his sins in the previous birth . Then I say to him , “ Brother , your feet too are upon the path . It is good to think of the sins of the previous birth , but there is no need of such sadness ...
... side to side . He is very sad , thinking of his sins in the previous birth . Then I say to him , “ Brother , your feet too are upon the path . It is good to think of the sins of the previous birth , but there is no need of such sadness ...
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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