A Kingdom Lost for a Drop of Honey: And Other Burmese FolktalesFifteen tales from the area of Mandalay in Central Burma. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 9
Page 57
The Golden Crow laughed at the little girl's efforts to scare him away and quickly
ate up every bit of the rice , chaff and all . The girl started to cry , saying , “ Oh , my
mother is so poor ! My mother is so poor ! The rice is so valuable to her .
The Golden Crow laughed at the little girl's efforts to scare him away and quickly
ate up every bit of the rice , chaff and all . The girl started to cry , saying , “ Oh , my
mother is so poor ! My mother is so poor ! The rice is so valuable to her .
Page 90
PADDY : Paddy is the name of the plant that produces the pearl white grain
called rice . The man who plants the rice fields is called a paddy farmer , and the
fields are called paddy fields . The white , long - legged slender birds that try to
eat ...
PADDY : Paddy is the name of the plant that produces the pearl white grain
called rice . The man who plants the rice fields is called a paddy farmer , and the
fields are called paddy fields . The white , long - legged slender birds that try to
eat ...
Page 92
a donation of rice ( see p . 35 ) from every Buddhist household in the village . The
family that gives gains merit for so doing . A pongyi spends many hours studying
and is frequently a teacher of Buddhist scripture . PRINCESS LEARNED - IN ...
a donation of rice ( see p . 35 ) from every Buddhist household in the village . The
family that gives gains merit for so doing . A pongyi spends many hours studying
and is frequently a teacher of Buddhist scripture . PRINCESS LEARNED - IN ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
asked bamboo baskets became bee-hunter bees believed boat Buddhist Burma Burmese cake calf called cattle caught chamberlain Clever colt cool course crow dish drunkard elephant farmer fight fish fisherman followers four fried fish gave ghosts girl give gold Golden gong hair hand head herdsman honey human Judge jumped king king's ladder laughed live longyi looked Master Thumb mats meal means mischief-maker Mister Industry Mister Luck morning mortar mother Naga night nose ogre oozie opium-eater ordered otter paddy pagoda palace partnership plant pleaded pool poor Princess rabbit rafts rain reached replied rest house rice saying sesamum share shouted silver coin sire soon Stupid surprise tiger took traveler tree usually village water jars wear woman women young
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 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |