A Kingdom Lost for a Drop of Honey: And Other Burmese FolktalesFifteen tales from the area of Mandalay in Central Burma. |
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Loh HE BEE - HUNTER SAW a large hive on a tree and , climbing it , he smoked out the bees from the hive . As the bees were very angry and persistent , he was quite tired and dizzy by the time they finally fled and the hive was ready for ...
Loh HE BEE - HUNTER SAW a large hive on a tree and , climbing it , he smoked out the bees from the hive . As the bees were very angry and persistent , he was quite tired and dizzy by the time they finally fled and the hive was ready for ...
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It was negligent of the oozie to lift up his spear to the bee - hunter , without first ensuring that his elephant would not move away . The bee - hunter was also careless in not anticipating the likelihood of the elephant moving forward ...
It was negligent of the oozie to lift up his spear to the bee - hunter , without first ensuring that his elephant would not move away . The bee - hunter was also careless in not anticipating the likelihood of the elephant moving forward ...
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A bee - hunter should be a powerful cigar smoker , an agile tree climber and a good holder - on - er . His problems are complicated by the fact that not all bees build the same kind of nests . The common tree bee constructs a hive that ...
A bee - hunter should be a powerful cigar smoker , an agile tree climber and a good holder - on - er . His problems are complicated by the fact that not all bees build the same kind of nests . The common tree bee constructs a hive that ...
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Contents
Foreword | 11 |
Mister Luck and Mister Industry | 18 |
Why the Rabbits Nose Twitches | 24 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | A Kingdom Lost for a Drop of Honey: And Other Burmese Folktales |
| Authors | Htin Aung (U.), Helen G. Trager |
| Translated by | Paw Oo Thet |
| Illustrated by | Paw Oo Thet |
| Publisher | Parents' Magazine Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 22 Jul 2009 |
| Length | 96 pages |
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