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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... Crow 57 The Case of the Calf and the Colt 62 The Bee - Hunter and the Oozie 66 The Old Man in the Moon 71 The Drunkard and the Opium - Eater 74 Keys to Burmese Meanings 81 π FOREWORD HE SMALL southeast Asian country of Burma ,
... Crow 57 The Case of the Calf and the Colt 62 The Bee - Hunter and the Oozie 66 The Old Man in the Moon 71 The Drunkard and the Opium - Eater 74 Keys to Burmese Meanings 81 π FOREWORD HE SMALL southeast Asian country of Burma ,
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... CROW ONG AGO THERE LIVED an old widow who was very poor . She had a daughter who was pretty and good- natured . L One day the mother asked the daughter to scare away the birds ... crow looked out of a window of the little 57 The Golden Crow.
... CROW ONG AGO THERE LIVED an old widow who was very poor . She had a daughter who was pretty and good- natured . L One day the mother asked the daughter to scare away the birds ... crow looked out of a window of the little 57 The Golden Crow.
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... crow put down the golden ladder , and the little girl climbed up on it to the little gold house . " You must have dinner with me , " invited the crow . " But let me you want the gold dish , the silver dish , or the brass dish to eat ...
... crow put down the golden ladder , and the little girl climbed up on it to the little gold house . " You must have dinner with me , " invited the crow . " But let me you want the gold dish , the silver dish , or the brass dish to eat ...
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