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 PYARIE 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