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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plan T HE BEE - HUNTER SAW a large hive on a tree and , climbing it , he smoked out the bees from the hive . As the bees were very angry and persistent , he was quite tired and dizzy by the time they finally fled and the hive was ready ...
plan T HE BEE - HUNTER SAW a large hive on a tree and , climbing it , he smoked out the bees from the hive . As the bees were very angry and persistent , he was quite tired and dizzy by the time they finally fled and the hive was ready ...
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5 1 maintained that the other two should pay , because they were hurt in saving the bee - hunter and the oozie's lives . The oozie maintained that the physician's fee should be paid by the bee - hunter , as the oozie got into trouble in ...
5 1 maintained that the other two should pay , because they were hurt in saving the bee - hunter and the oozie's lives . The oozie maintained that the physician's fee should be paid by the bee - hunter , as the oozie got into trouble in ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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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