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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... fighting . Soon friends of both parties joined in the fight . Still the king and his minister continued to make merry . The fighting now spread to other streets and only then did the king and the chief minster shout out orders to the ...
... fighting . Soon friends of both parties joined in the fight . Still the king and his minister continued to make merry . The fighting now spread to other streets and only then did the king and the chief minster shout out orders to the ...
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... fight my enemy , the sun , " was the reply . Now the boat was also very bitter against the sun , for the sun had dried up his stream . So he pleaded , " Please let me follow you . " " All right , ” replied Master Thumb . " Eat a bit of ...
... fight my enemy , the sun , " was the reply . Now the boat was also very bitter against the sun , for the sun had dried up his stream . So he pleaded , " Please let me follow you . " " All right , ” replied Master Thumb . " Eat a bit of ...
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... fight my enemy , the sun , " was the reply . " Where Now the rotten egg also hated the sun , for his parents and rela- tions , the fowls , had died of thirst as their streams were dried up by the sun . So he pleaded , " May I come with ...
... fight my enemy , the sun , " was the reply . " Where Now the rotten egg also hated the sun , for his parents and rela- tions , the fowls , had died of thirst as their streams were dried up by the sun . So he pleaded , " May I come with ...
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