A Kingdom Lost for a Drop of Honey: And Other Burmese FolktalesParents' Magazine Press, 1968 - 96 pages A collection of fifteen Burmese folktales including "Why the Rabbit's Nose Twitches" and "The Origin of the Coconut." Also contains a separate section explaining Burmese terms and customs mentioned in the stories. |
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Page 36
... chamberlain said , " Promise me half your reward and I will let you in . ” " One - tenth , " bargained the fisherman . " Oh , no , " said the chamberlain . " One - half , and no less . ” " Agreed , " replied the fisherman , and in great ...
... chamberlain said , " Promise me half your reward and I will let you in . ” " One - tenth , " bargained the fisherman . " Oh , no , " said the chamberlain . " One - half , and no less . ” " Agreed , " replied the fisherman , and in great ...
Page 38
... chamberlain ten good lashes with his cane . Then he said , " The partnership is now dissolved as the business has ended . As a con- sequence , however , I order that the chamberlain be dismissed for corruption and disloyalty , and the ...
... chamberlain ten good lashes with his cane . Then he said , " The partnership is now dissolved as the business has ended . As a con- sequence , however , I order that the chamberlain be dismissed for corruption and disloyalty , and the ...
Page 87
... CHAMBERLAIN : The kings of Burma , as kings everywhere , lived amid luxury in great palaces . They had many attendants , officers , ministers and a great many servants . In the royal household , the individual who had the responsibility ...
... CHAMBERLAIN : The kings of Burma , as kings everywhere , lived amid luxury in great palaces . They had many attendants , officers , ministers and a great many servants . In the royal household , the individual who had the responsibility ...
Contents
Foreword | 11 |
Mister Luck and Mister Industry | 18 |
Why the Rabbits Nose Twitches | 24 |
Copyright | |
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asked bamboo shoots bamboo thorn baskets became bee-hunter bees boat brass dish brass ladder Buddhist Burma Burmese calf called cattle chamberlain colt cool dispute driving spear DROP OF HONEY drunkard elephant farmer fight my enemy fisherman folktales fried fish ghosts gold dish Golden Crow golden ladder gong greedy girl hair head headman herdsman house lizard inside my stomach jackal jaggery Judge Rabbit jumped king king's laughed little girl live longyi looked Mandalay mats meal mischief-maker Mister Industry Mister Luck monsoon Moon-goddess morning mortar moss mother muddy water Naga night ogre oozie opium-eater otter pagoda parasol partnership pleaded poor traveler pots of gold Princess Learned-in-the-Law rafts rain replied Master Thumb rotten egg sesamum plant seven pots shouted silver coin sire snake stallkeeper surprise tamarind tattooed tiger toddy toddy-climber village village at sunset water jars wear wild pheasant woman zayat