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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... live on bleak mountains and in wild forests . He walked to the house and decided that it was empty . " But the owner will come to sleep here for the night , " said Master Thumb to himself , " and so I will wait and fight him for the ...
... live on bleak mountains and in wild forests . He walked to the house and decided that it was empty . " But the owner will come to sleep here for the night , " said Master Thumb to himself , " and so I will wait and fight him for the ...
Page 73
... live with you forever , for we are so lonely without you . " So the Moon - goddess took the old man and the rabbit to her moon and let them stay with her forever . When the moon is full , you can see the old man still pounding rice up ...
... live with you forever , for we are so lonely without you . " So the Moon - goddess took the old man and the rabbit to her moon and let them stay with her forever . When the moon is full , you can see the old man still pounding rice up ...
Page 92
... live , use the rest house pro- vided for their comfort . Some zayats in the shade of venerable trees are merely raised platforms without a roof . Cemeteries often have rest houses for tired mourners . RICE CAKE : The big rice cake ...
... live , use the rest house pro- vided for their comfort . Some zayats in the shade of venerable trees are merely raised platforms without a roof . Cemeteries often have rest houses for tired mourners . RICE CAKE : The big rice cake ...
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