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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Page 39
... decided to form a partnership . They agreed that they would pool all the food each was able to gather , and that they would share it equally at the end of the day . On the first day of their partnership , the otter caught some shrimps ...
... decided to form a partnership . They agreed that they would pool all the food each was able to gather , and that they would share it equally at the end of the day . On the first day of their partnership , the otter caught some shrimps ...
Page 48
... decided to rest there for the night , and looked around for some shelter . To his surprise he saw a house some distance away . Master Thumb , being not only courageous but wise , realized that the house could not belong to a human being ...
... decided to rest there for the night , and looked around for some shelter . To his surprise he saw a house some distance away . Master Thumb , being not only courageous but wise , realized that the house could not belong to a human being ...
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... decided to spend the night at the cemetery rest house . He duly went there but , as he was full of opium , he became very sleepy . When the ghosts came into the rest house at midnight he was half - asleep . The ghosts looked at him with ...
... decided to spend the night at the cemetery rest house . He duly went there but , as he was full of opium , he became very sleepy . When the ghosts came into the rest house at midnight he was half - asleep . The ghosts looked at him with ...
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