For Jerusha and the ninety-odd other children in the orphanage, the first Wednesday of every month was quite a torturous day.
对洁茹以及孤儿院里其他九十几个院童来说，每个月的第一个礼拜三是一个十分难熬的日子。
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But that is how most local Tamils view the 600-odd ethnic Sinhalese who pitched up at the derelict railway station in the northern Sri Lankan town of Jaffna last month.
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