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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The chief minster looked and saw a spider pouncing on the fly . The king looked
down again and saw the spider caught and swallowed by a house lizard .
Amused , the king continued to eat and laugh with the minister and soon they
saw the ...
The chief minster looked and saw a spider pouncing on the fly . The king looked
down again and saw the spider caught and swallowed by a house lizard .
Amused , the king continued to eat and laugh with the minister and soon they
saw the ...
Page 57
... and said , “ Little girl , I will pay for it . Come to the big tamarind tree outside the
village at sunset , and I will give you something . ” Then the crow flew away . At
sunset , the little girl went to the big tamarind tree and looked up at the branches .
... and said , “ Little girl , I will pay for it . Come to the big tamarind tree outside the
village at sunset , and I will give you something . ” Then the crow flew away . At
sunset , the little girl went to the big tamarind tree and looked up at the branches .
Page 77
He duly went there but , as he was full of opium , he became very sleepy . When
the ghosts came into the rest house at midnight he was half - asleep . The ghosts
looked at him with suspicion . Other ghosts came in , until the rest house was ...
He duly went there but , as he was full of opium , he became very sleepy . When
the ghosts came into the rest house at midnight he was half - asleep . The ghosts
looked at him with suspicion . Other ghosts came in , until the rest house was ...
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