| | PAGE |
| 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 |