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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... Luck and Mister Industry Why the Rabbit's Nose Twitches A Kingdom Lost for a
Drop of Honey The Four Deaf Men The Fisherman and the King's Chamberlain
Partnership The Origin of the Coconut How Master Thumb Defeated the Sun Why
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... Luck and Mister Industry Why the Rabbit's Nose Twitches A Kingdom Lost for a
Drop of Honey The Four Deaf Men The Fisherman and the King's Chamberlain
Partnership The Origin of the Coconut How Master Thumb Defeated the Sun Why
...
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But , my Lord , in a partnership , the agreement to share does not mean that only
the profits are to be shared . It means that gain and loss , income and expenditure
, success and failure , reward and punishment are also to be shared .
But , my Lord , in a partnership , the agreement to share does not mean that only
the profits are to be shared . It means that gain and loss , income and expenditure
, success and failure , reward and punishment are also to be shared .
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PARTNERSHIP N OTTER and a jackal lived near a river , and after a while they
decided to form a partnership . They agreed that they would pool all the food
each was able to gather , and On the first day of their partnership , the otter
caught ...
PARTNERSHIP N OTTER and a jackal lived near a river , and after a while they
decided to form a partnership . They agreed that they would pool all the food
each was able to gather , and On the first day of their partnership , the otter
caught ...
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| 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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