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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He sprinkled the water on the princess and at once she became a human being . Mister Luck married the princess and became crown prince . Later the king died , and so Mister Luck became king . One monsoon , misfortune befell Mister ...
He sprinkled the water on the princess and at once she became a human being . Mister Luck married the princess and became crown prince . Later the king died , and so Mister Luck became king . One monsoon , misfortune befell Mister ...
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WHY THE TIGER IS SO ANGRY AT THE CAT V 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 , " the animals jeered .
WHY THE TIGER IS SO ANGRY AT THE CAT V 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 , " the animals jeered .
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Both outcasts of society , they became fast friends . Having no house of their own , they spent their time in the various rest houses of the village . But they avoided one particular rest house , namely the one at the cemetery , for all ...
Both outcasts of society , they became fast friends . Having no house of their own , they spent their time in the various rest houses of the village . But they avoided one particular rest house , namely the one at the cemetery , for all ...
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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 dish drunkard elephant fight fish fisherman followers four fried fish gave ghosts girl give gold golden gong hair hand head herdsman honey human inside Judge jumped king king's ladder laughed live longyi looked Master Thumb mats meal means MICHIGAN mischief-maker Mister Industry Mister Luck morning mortar moss mother Naga night nose officer ogre oozie opium-eater ordered otter paddy pagoda palace plant pleaded pool poor Princess rabbit rafts rain replied rest house rice saying sesamum share shouted silver coin sire soon Stupid surprise tiger took traveler tree village wear wild woman women young
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| 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 | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 May 2008 |
| Length | 96 pages |
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