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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... inside my stomach . " The boat did as he was told . Master Thumb traveled on , and he met a bamboo thorn . " Where are you going , Master Thumb ? " greeted the bamboo thorn . " I go to fight my enemy , the sun , " was the reply . Now ...
... inside my stomach . " The boat did as he was told . Master Thumb traveled on , and he met a bamboo thorn . " Where are you going , Master Thumb ? " greeted the bamboo thorn . " I go to fight my enemy , the sun , " was the reply . Now ...
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... inside my stomach . " The rotten egg did as he was told . So our Master Thumb , with his four faithful followers inside his stomach , traveled on , until at nightfall he reached the northern mountains , where he expected the sun to ...
... inside my stomach . " The rotten egg did as he was told . So our Master Thumb , with his four faithful followers inside his stomach , traveled on , until at nightfall he reached the northern mountains , where he expected the sun to ...
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... inside the walls of the pongyi kyaung . There he is guided by strict rules for behavior and the routines around which his life is regulated . A pongyi , for example , may not touch money , or eat anything after the noon hour . Every ...
... inside the walls of the pongyi kyaung . There he is guided by strict rules for behavior and the routines around which his life is regulated . A pongyi , for example , may not touch money , or eat anything after the noon hour . Every ...
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