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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... rafts on down the river . They moored the rafts at Prome , a royal city along their route , and Mister Industry went ashore to see some bamboo merchants . Mister Luck sat on his raft , idly watching a water seller having a swim after ...
... rafts on down the river . They moored the rafts at Prome , a royal city along their route , and Mister Industry went ashore to see some bamboo merchants . Mister Luck sat on his raft , idly watching a water seller having a swim after ...
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... rafts foundered in a storm , all his money was stolen , and all his cattle died except one old cow . " My old raftsman , Mister Luck , is now a king , " he thought to himself . " If I take this cow to him and say that it is all I now ...
... rafts foundered in a storm , all his money was stolen , and all his cattle died except one old cow . " My old raftsman , Mister Luck , is now a king , " he thought to himself . " If I take this cow to him and say that it is all I now ...
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... raft with three peo- ple on it reached a city on the Burmese coast . The three strangers were taken before the king . In answer to the king's questions , the strangers said that they had been set adrift on a raft on the orders of the ...
... raft with three peo- ple on it reached a city on the Burmese coast . The three strangers were taken before the king . In answer to the king's questions , the strangers said that they had been set adrift on a raft on the orders of the ...
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