ILLUSTRATIONS
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THE GREAT ROCKFrontispiece
LOTUS FLOWERS3
"GOD'S FIRE"8
"AIYO! DID YOU THINK I WOULD HAVE DONE IT?"12
CHELLALU WATCHING THE PICTURE-CATCHER18
"OH, IT'S A JOKE!"20
"THAT THING AGAIN!"25
PYÂRIE AND VINEETHA26
"DISGUSTING!"28
"LOOK AT THE POSE!"30
TARA33
STURDY AND STOLID, AND LITTLE VEERA63
PEBBLES66
LATHA (FIREFLY) BLOWING BUBBLES72
SEELA, MALA, AND NULLINIE105
THE COTTAGE NURSERY108
"PICKLES" AND HER FRIENDS115
THE DOHNAVUR COUNTRY IN FLOOD124
PAKIUM AND NAVEENA126
ON THE ROAD TO NEYOOR131
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF NAGERCOIL132
THE NEYOOR NURSERY136
THE OLD NURSERY (THE "ROOM OF JOY")143
THE COURTYARD144
A COMING-DAY FEAST146
THE RED LAKE148
AT THE DOOR OF THE TEMPLE150
THE WATER CARRIERS161
THE BELOVED TINGALU164
TWO VIEWS OF LIFE171
MORE ANIMALS: DEPRESSED185
TUBBING188
RED LAKE, AND HILL AS SEEN FROM THE TARAHA NURSERY193
CHILDREN WADING196
CHILDREN WADING197
ESLI, AND LITTLE KOHILA198
PREETHA AWARE OF A FOE200
JULLANIE AMONG THE GRASSES203
ARULAI AND RUKMA, WITH NAVEENA210
PONNAMAL, PREETHA, AND TARA215
SELLAMUTTU AND SUSEELA216
SUHINIE, AND HER BABY, SUNUNDA218
THREE CONVERT WORKERS: SUNDOSHIE, SUHINIE, AND JEYANIE220
SEWING-CLASS IN THE COURTYARD222
THREE LITTLE ACCALS229
PREENA AND PREEYA230
AFTER HER BOTTLE237
NORTH LAKE AND HILLS238
FROM THE ROCK, DOHNAVUR338
THE PLACE OF BAPTISM340