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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So our Master Thumb , with his four faithful followers inside his stomach , traveled on , until at nightfall he reached the northern mountains , where he expected the sun to appear the next morning . He decided to rest there for ...
So our Master Thumb , with his four faithful followers inside his stomach , traveled on , until at nightfall he reached the northern mountains , where he expected the sun to appear the next morning . He decided to rest there for ...
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The three faithful followers entered the house , and the first thing they did was to hide the tinderbox . Then the bamboo thorn placed himself underneath the bed , the rotten egg in the kitchen fireplace , and the moss near the water ...
The three faithful followers entered the house , and the first thing they did was to hide the tinderbox . Then the bamboo thorn placed himself underneath the bed , the rotten egg in the kitchen fireplace , and the moss near the water ...
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Master Thumb and his three faithful followers laughed loudly at the sun's discomfort , but soon they became silent with dismay . For the rain , in quenching the sun , had caused great floods , and Master Thumb was now in danger of ...
Master Thumb and his three faithful followers laughed loudly at the sun's discomfort , but soon they became silent with dismay . For the rain , in quenching the sun , had caused great floods , and Master Thumb was now in danger of ...
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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
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 | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 May 2008 |
| Length | 96 pages |
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