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 29
... house lizard . Amused , the king continued to eat and laugh with the minister and soon they saw the lizard eaten up by a cat . When a dog appeared on the scene and began to attack the cat , they went on laughing and eating and they did ...
... house lizard . Amused , the king continued to eat and laugh with the minister and soon they saw the lizard eaten up by a cat . When a dog appeared on the scene and began to attack the cat , they went on laughing and eating and they did ...
Page 87
... HOUSE LIZARD : The house lizard ( see p . 29 ) , a species of gecko , and commonly called that in Burma , is not as the name implies , a pet or domesti- cated creature like the house cat . But a gecko isn't anyone's enemy either ...
... HOUSE LIZARD : The house lizard ( see p . 29 ) , a species of gecko , and commonly called that in Burma , is not as the name implies , a pet or domesti- cated creature like the house cat . But a gecko isn't anyone's enemy either ...
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