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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... Golden 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 ,
... Golden 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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... GOLDEN 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 from the tray of paddy which was being dried in the ...
... GOLDEN 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 from the tray of paddy which was being dried in the ...
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... golden house , and said , " Oh , there you are ! Do come up . But , of course , I must drop the ladder first . Do you want the golden ladder , the silver ladder , or the brass ladder ? " " I am only a poor little girl , " replied the ...
... golden house , and said , " Oh , there you are ! Do come up . But , of course , I must drop the ladder first . Do you want the golden ladder , the silver ladder , or the brass ladder ? " " I am only a poor little girl , " replied the ...
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