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THE GREAT ROCK | Frontispiece |
LOTUS FLOWERS | 3 |
"GOD'S FIRE" | 8 |
"AIYO! DID YOU THINK I WOULD HAVE DONE IT?" | 12 |
CHELLALU WATCHING THE PICTURE-CATCHER | 18 |
"OH, IT'S A JOKE!" | 20 |
"THAT THING AGAIN!" | 25 |
PYÂRIE AND VINEETHA | 26 |
"DISGUSTING!" | 28 |
"LOOK AT THE POSE!" | 30 |
TARA | 33 |
STURDY AND STOLID, AND LITTLE VEERA | 63 |
PEBBLES | 66 |
LATHA (FIREFLY) BLOWING BUBBLES | 72 |
SEELA, MALA, AND NULLINIE | 105 |
THE COTTAGE NURSERY | 108 |
"PICKLES" AND HER FRIENDS | 115 |
THE DOHNAVUR COUNTRY IN FLOOD | 124 |
PAKIUM AND NAVEENA | 126 |
ON THE ROAD TO NEYOOR | 131 |
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF NAGERCOIL | 132 |
THE NEYOOR NURSERY | 136 |
THE OLD NURSERY (THE "ROOM OF JOY") | 143 |
THE COURTYARD | 144 |
A COMING-DAY FEAST | 146 |
THE RED LAKE | 148 |
AT THE DOOR OF THE TEMPLE | 150 |
THE WATER CARRIERS | 161 |
THE BELOVED TINGALU | 164 |
TWO VIEWS OF LIFE | 171 |
MORE ANIMALS: DEPRESSED | 185 |
TUBBING | 188 |
RED LAKE, AND HILL AS SEEN FROM THE TARAHA NURSERY | 193 |
CHILDREN WADING | 196 |
CHILDREN WADING | 197 |
ESLI, AND LITTLE KOHILA | 198 |
PREETHA AWARE OF A FOE | 200 |
JULLANIE AMONG THE GRASSES | 203 |
ARULAI AND RUKMA, WITH NAVEENA | 210 |
PONNAMAL, PREETHA, AND TARA | 215 |
SELLAMUTTU AND SUSEELA | 216 |
SUHINIE, AND HER BABY, SUNUNDA | 218 |
THREE CONVERT WORKERS: SUNDOSHIE, SUHINIE, AND JEYANIE | 220 |
SEWING-CLASS IN THE COURTYARD | 222 |
THREE LITTLE ACCALS | 229 |
PREENA AND PREEYA | 230 |
AFTER HER BOTTLE | 237 |
NORTH LAKE AND HILLS | 238 |
FROM THE ROCK, DOHNAVUR | 338 |
THE PLACE OF BAPTISM | 340 |