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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... each swiftly and promptly , no matter how trivial it may appear to be .
Remember always , my Lords , the case of the kingdom which was lost because
of a mere drop of honey . " LG ose THE FOUR DEAF MEN 0 NCE THERE LIVED
four deaf.
... each swiftly and promptly , no matter how trivial it may appear to be .
Remember always , my Lords , the case of the kingdom which was lost because
of a mere drop of honey . " LG ose THE FOUR DEAF MEN 0 NCE THERE LIVED
four deaf.
Page 70
The dispute finally reached the Princess Learned - in - the - Law and her
judgment was as follows : " Just because the four young men , of their own
accord and on humanitarian grounds , freely offered their assistance to the two
dangling men ...
The dispute finally reached the Princess Learned - in - the - Law and her
judgment was as follows : " Just because the four young men , of their own
accord and on humanitarian grounds , freely offered their assistance to the two
dangling men ...
Page 78
The drunkard , alert as ever , stood up and shouted , “ One , two , three , four !
One , two , three , four ! All correct , all correct . ” The ghosts believed him , and
started to talk . “ By the way , ” said the drunkard during a lull in the conversation ,
" we ...
The drunkard , alert as ever , stood up and shouted , “ One , two , three , four !
One , two , three , four ! All correct , all correct . ” The ghosts believed him , and
started to talk . “ By the way , ” said the drunkard during a lull in the conversation ,
" we ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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