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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... Htin Aung's scholarly books : Burmese Folk Tales and Burmese Law Tales , Ox- ford University Press , London . Salem Center , New York September , 1967 Helen G. Trager THE GREEDY STALLKEEPER AND THE POOR TRAVELER POOR TRAVELER stopped 13.
... Htin Aung's scholarly books : Burmese Folk Tales and Burmese Law Tales , Ox- ford University Press , London . Salem Center , New York September , 1967 Helen G. Trager THE GREEDY STALLKEEPER AND THE POOR TRAVELER POOR TRAVELER stopped 13.
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... TRAVELER POOR TRAVELER stopped under a tree to eat his simple meal , which he had brought with him in a bundle . The meal consisted only of some cooked rice and boiled vege- tables . It was the cool season , during which people trav ...
... TRAVELER POOR TRAVELER stopped under a tree to eat his simple meal , which he had brought with him in a bundle . The meal consisted only of some cooked rice and boiled vege- tables . It was the cool season , during which people trav ...
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... traveler cannot deny that the wind did carry the smell of frying fish to his nostrils as he sat eating . There- fore ... traveler go out of the court into the sunlight ; let the traveler hold out a silver coin , and let the woman take ...
... traveler cannot deny that the wind did carry the smell of frying fish to his nostrils as he sat eating . There- fore ... traveler go out of the court into the sunlight ; let the traveler hold out a silver coin , and let the woman take ...
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