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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... paddy you ate was not much , " replied the girl , " and the little box would be more than enough . " She then ... paddy in the sun , and the greedy girl kept watch . But as she was lazy , she did not try to scare away the birds that came ...
... paddy you ate was not much , " replied the girl , " and the little box would be more than enough . " She then ... paddy in the sun , and the greedy girl kept watch . But as she was lazy , she did not try to scare away the birds that came ...
Page 71
... paddy . He had no friend or com- panion except an old rabbit . The whole day , and part of the night when there was a moon , the old man pounded the paddy , and the old rabbit crouched nearby , eating the chaff that his master threw ...
... paddy . He had no friend or com- panion except an old rabbit . The whole day , and part of the night when there was a moon , the old man pounded the paddy , and the old rabbit crouched nearby , eating the chaff that his master threw ...
Page 90
... PADDY : Paddy is the name of the plant that produces the pearl white grain . called rice . The man who plants the rice fields is called a paddy farmer , and the fields are called paddy fields . The white , long - legged slender birds ...
... PADDY : Paddy is the name of the plant that produces the pearl white grain . called rice . The man who plants the rice fields is called a paddy farmer , and the fields are called paddy fields . The white , long - legged slender birds ...
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