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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The first was a herdsman , the second earned his living by climbing palm trees to
extract toddy juice , the third was a farmer , and the fourth the ... Then he saw the
toddy - climber up a palm tree and asked , “ Have you seen my cattle ?
The first was a herdsman , the second earned his living by climbing palm trees to
extract toddy juice , the third was a farmer , and the fourth the ... Then he saw the
toddy - climber up a palm tree and asked , “ Have you seen my cattle ?
Page 45
The strange tree had even stranger fruit , which resembled the head of the
mischief - maker . The tree today is called the coconut tree . It was originally
called gon - bin , which in Burmese means “ mischief - maker tree . ” But during
the course ...
The strange tree had even stranger fruit , which resembled the head of the
mischief - maker . The tree today is called the coconut tree . It was originally
called gon - bin , which in Burmese means “ mischief - maker tree . ” But during
the course ...
Page 84
A bee - hunter should be a powerful cigar smoker , an agile tree climber and a
good holder - on - er . His problems are complicated by the fact that not all bees
build the same kind of nests . The common tree bee constructs a hive that hangs
...
A bee - hunter should be a powerful cigar smoker , an agile tree climber and a
good holder - on - er . His problems are complicated by the fact that not all bees
build the same kind of nests . The common tree bee constructs a hive that hangs
...
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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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