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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Then his nose began to twitch . It twitched and twitched and twitched . The Naga
roared with laughter to see the rabbit's nose twitching . His temper now recovered
, he went back to his pool . And even to the present day , the rabbit's nose is ...
Then his nose began to twitch . It twitched and twitched and twitched . The Naga
roared with laughter to see the rabbit's nose twitching . His temper now recovered
, he went back to his pool . And even to the present day , the rabbit's nose is ...
Page 78
When they saw that he was a human being , they pulled his nose until it became
fully three yards long . Then all the ghosts silently departed . The next morning
the drunkard went to look for his friend at the rest house and found him half dead
...
When they saw that he was a human being , they pulled his nose until it became
fully three yards long . Then all the ghosts silently departed . The next morning
the drunkard went to look for his friend at the rest house and found him half dead
...
Page 79
with a pestle , the nose will shrink half an inch , and if he does that repeatedly it
will become the right length again . ” The drunkard changed the conversation .
When the ghosts had gone away with the coming of dawn , the drunkard returned
to ...
with a pestle , the nose will shrink half an inch , and if he does that repeatedly it
will become the right length again . ” The drunkard changed the conversation .
When the ghosts had gone away with the coming of dawn , the drunkard returned
to ...
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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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