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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... became a human being . Mister Luck married the prin- cess and became crown prince . Later the king died , and so Mister Luck became king . One monsoon , misfortune befell Mister Industry . All his rafts foundered in a storm , all his ...
... became a human being . Mister Luck married the prin- cess and became crown prince . Later the king died , and so Mister Luck became king . One monsoon , misfortune befell Mister Industry . All his rafts foundered in a storm , all his ...
Page 53
... became the laughingstock of the jungle . " Look at the clumsy tiger , " The animals jeered . " He will soon starve to death because he is so clumsy that he cannot catch any prey . " The tiger felt very unhappy until he remembered his ...
... became the laughingstock of the jungle . " Look at the clumsy tiger , " The animals jeered . " He will soon starve to death because he is so clumsy that he cannot catch any prey . " The tiger felt very unhappy until he remembered his ...
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... became fast friends . Having no house of their own , they spent their time in the various rest houses of the village ... became more and more intoxicated he became bolder and his mind more alert . He did not feel sleepy at all . About ...
... became fast friends . Having no house of their own , they spent their time in the various rest houses of the village ... became more and more intoxicated he became bolder and his mind more alert . He did not feel sleepy at all . About ...
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 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 دو