A Kingdom Lost for a Drop of Honey: And Other Burmese FolktalesA 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 44
So the mischief - maker was taken to the place of execution and his head was cut off . The next day one of the king's officers passed by the place , and to his surprise he found the head of the mischief - maker rolling about on the ...
So the mischief - maker was taken to the place of execution and his head was cut off . The next day one of the king's officers passed by the place , and to his surprise he found the head of the mischief - maker rolling about on the ...
Page 45
When they reached there , however , the head lay still and remained silent . The second officer made his report , and the king in anger ordered the first officer to be executed at once as a teller of lies . So the unfortunate man was ...
When they reached there , however , the head lay still and remained silent . The second officer made his report , and the king in anger ordered the first officer to be executed at once as a teller of lies . So the unfortunate man was ...
Page 86
A few men in the villages still do and they wear it in the old - fashioned way— pulled tight into a knot at the top or to the side of the head ( see p . 19 and 30 ) . Women still wear their hair long and the style hasn't changed very ...
A few men in the villages still do and they wear it in the old - fashioned way— pulled tight into a knot at the top or to the side of the head ( see p . 19 and 30 ) . Women still wear their hair long and the style hasn't changed very ...
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Contents
Foreword | 11 |
Mister Luck and Mister Industry | 18 |
Why the Rabbits Nose Twitches | 24 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
asked bamboo baskets became bee-hunter bees believed boat Buddhist Burma Burmese cake calf called cattle caught chamberlain Clever colt cool course crow decided dish drunkard elephant farmer fight fish fisherman followers four fried fish gave ghosts girl give gold golden gong hair hand head honey human inside Judge jumped king king's ladder laughed live longyi looked Master Thumb mats meal means mischief-maker Mister Industry Mister Luck morning mortar moss mother Naga night nose officer ogre oozie opium-eater ordered paddy pagoda palace plant pleaded pool poor Princess rabbit rain reached replied rest house rice saying sesamum share shouted silver coin sire soon Stupid surprise tiger took traveler tree village water jars wear wild woman women young
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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