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 74
... DRUNKARD AND THE OPIUM - EATER NCE IN A VILLAGE there lived a drunkard and an opium - eater . Both outcasts of society , they became fast friends . Having no house of their own , they spent their time in the various rest houses of the ...
... DRUNKARD AND THE OPIUM - EATER NCE IN A VILLAGE there lived a drunkard and an opium - eater . Both outcasts of society , they became fast friends . Having no house of their own , they spent their time in the various rest houses of the ...
Page 77
... drunkard carefully noted where the speaker was sitting . The talk went on until dawn , when the ghosts went away . The drunkard dug up the seven pots of gold and became very rich . He bought a house and lived in luxury with his friend ...
... drunkard carefully noted where the speaker was sitting . The talk went on until dawn , when the ghosts went away . The drunkard dug up the seven pots of gold and became very rich . He bought a house and lived in luxury with his friend ...
Page 78
... drunkard went to look for his friend at the rest house and found him half dead with fear . The drunkard helped the opium - eater to his feet , and took him home . As the two friends walked through the streets , all the villagers roared ...
... drunkard went to look for his friend at the rest house and found him half dead with fear . The drunkard helped the opium - eater to his feet , and took him home . As the two friends walked through the streets , all the villagers roared ...
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