A Kingdom Lost for a Drop of Honey: And Other Burmese FolktalesA 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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... the Rabbit's Nose Twitches 24 A Kingdom Lost for a Drop of Honey ..28 The Four Deaf Men 31 The Fisherman and the King's Chamberlain 34 Partnership 39 The Origin of the Coconut 43 How Master Thumb Defeated the Sun Why the Tiger is so ...
... the Rabbit's Nose Twitches 24 A Kingdom Lost for a Drop of Honey ..28 The Four Deaf Men 31 The Fisherman and the King's Chamberlain 34 Partnership 39 The Origin of the Coconut 43 How Master Thumb Defeated the Sun Why the Tiger is so ...
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WHY THE TIGER IS SO ANGRY AT THE CAT LTHOUGH THE TIGER was big and strong and fierce , he was so clumsy in his movements that he became the laughingstock of the jungle . " Look at the clumsy tiger , " A the animals jeered .
WHY THE TIGER IS SO ANGRY AT THE CAT LTHOUGH THE TIGER was big and strong and fierce , he was so clumsy in his movements that he became the laughingstock of the jungle . " Look at the clumsy tiger , " A the animals jeered .
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So he decided that he would not teach the tiger one special trick . The three years of apprenticeship drew to an end , and the tiger respectfully asked , " Sire Teacher , have I learned everything ? " " Everything , " replied the cat ...
So he decided that he would not teach the tiger one special trick . The three years of apprenticeship drew to an end , and the tiger respectfully asked , " Sire Teacher , have I learned everything ? " " Everything , " replied the cat ...
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Contents
Foreword | 11 |
Mister Luck and Mister Industry | 18 |
Why the Rabbits Nose Twitches | 24 |
Copyright | |
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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 decided dish drunkard elephant farmer fight fish fisherman followers four fried fish gave ghosts girl give gold golden gong hair hand head honey human inside Judge jumped king king's ladder laughed live longyi looked Master Thumb mats meal means mischief-maker Mister Industry Mister Luck morning mortar moss mother Naga night nose officer ogre oozie opium-eater ordered paddy pagoda palace plant pleaded pool poor Princess rabbit rain reached replied rest house rice saying sesamum share shouted silver coin sire soon Stupid surprise tiger took traveler tree village water jars wear wild 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 |
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