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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... mother is so poor ! My mother is so poor ! The rice is so valuable to her . " The Golden Crow gave her a kindly look and said , “ Little girl , I will pay for it . Come to the big tamarind tree outside the village at sunset , and I will ...
... mother is so poor ! My mother is so poor ! The rice is so valuable to her . " The Golden Crow gave her a kindly look and said , “ Little girl , I will pay for it . Come to the big tamarind tree outside the village at sunset , and I will ...
Page 59
... mother . Together they opened it , and they were surprised and delighted to find in the box a hundred priceless rubies . The mother and daughter became very rich and lived in luxury . There was another old widow in the village , but she ...
... mother . Together they opened it , and they were surprised and delighted to find in the box a hundred priceless rubies . The mother and daughter became very rich and lived in luxury . There was another old widow in the village , but she ...
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... mother some wealth for the paddy you have eaten . " The crow looked at her with a frown , but he replied politely enough , “ Little girl , I will pay for the rice . Come to the big tama- rind tree outside the village at sunset , and I ...
... mother some wealth for the paddy you have eaten . " The crow looked at her with a frown , but he replied politely enough , “ Little girl , I will pay for the rice . Come to the big tama- rind tree outside the village at sunset , and I ...
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 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