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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... paddy . But the moment she put out her basket of paddy the sun disappeared , and the moment she took in her basket thinking it was going to rain , the sun shone bright and clear again . This was repeated so many times that the woman ...
... paddy . But the moment she put out her basket of paddy the sun disappeared , and the moment she took in her basket thinking it was going to rain , the sun shone bright and clear again . This was repeated so many times that the woman ...
Page 57
... paddy which was being dried in the sun . So the daughter sat down near the tray and scared away the birds . When the paddy was nearly dried , however , a strange bird came flying towards the tray . It was a crow with gold feathers . The ...
... paddy which was being dried in the sun . So the daughter sat down near the tray and scared away the birds . When the paddy was nearly dried , however , a strange bird came flying towards the tray . It was a crow with gold feathers . The ...
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... paddy . He had no friend or com- panion except an old rabbit . The whole day , and part of the night when there was a moon , the old man pounded the paddy , and the old rabbit crouched nearby , eating the chaff that his master threw ...
... paddy . He had no friend or com- panion except an old rabbit . The whole day , and part of the night when there was a moon , the old man pounded the paddy , and the old rabbit crouched nearby , eating the chaff that his master threw ...
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