A Kingdom Lost for a Drop of Honey: And Other Burmese FolktalesFifteen tales from the area of Mandalay in Central Burma. |
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The meal consisted only of some cooked rice and boiled vegetables . It was the
cool season , during which people traveled from one village to another , and
there were many wayside stalls selling fried fish and fried cakes . A few yards
away to ...
The meal consisted only of some cooked rice and boiled vegetables . It was the
cool season , during which people traveled from one village to another , and
there were many wayside stalls selling fried fish and fried cakes . A few yards
away to ...
Page 16
Everybody can see that you have been enjoying your meal with the fragrant smell
of my fried fish . Without the smell , your meal of rice and salt could not have been
so tasty . ” A crowd soon collected , and although their sympathy was with the ...
Everybody can see that you have been enjoying your meal with the fragrant smell
of my fried fish . Without the smell , your meal of rice and salt could not have been
so tasty . ” A crowd soon collected , and although their sympathy was with the ...
Page 93
Fresh fruits are eaten at the end of a meal . SERVING AND SITTING : A Burmese
family of ordinary circumstances puts down a mat where the meal will be served ;
the food is brought in a large round receptacle on its own pedestal . The family ...
Fresh fruits are eaten at the end of a meal . SERVING AND SITTING : A Burmese
family of ordinary circumstances puts down a mat where the meal will be served ;
the food is brought in a large round receptacle on its own pedestal . The family ...
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Contents
Foreword | 11 |
Mister Luck and Mister Industry | 18 |
Why the Rabbits Nose Twitches | 24 |
Copyright | |
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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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