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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... Partnership " and " The Bee - Hunter and the Oozie . ” The tales in this collection come from the area around Mandalay in Central Burma . They were selected expressly for young readers and are being published for the first time in the ...
... Partnership " and " The Bee - Hunter and the Oozie . ” The tales in this collection come from the area around Mandalay in Central Burma . They were selected expressly for young readers and are being published for the first time in the ...
Page 38
... partnership , the agreement to share does not mean that only the profits are to be shared . It means that gain and loss , income and expenditure , success and failure , reward and punishment are also to be shared . " The king accepted ...
... partnership , the agreement to share does not mean that only the profits are to be shared . It means that gain and loss , income and expenditure , success and failure , reward and punishment are also to be shared . " The king accepted ...
Page 39
... PARTNERSHIP N OTTER and a jackal lived near a river , and after a while they decided to form a partnership . They agreed that they would pool all the food each was able to gather , and that they would share it equally at the end of the ...
... PARTNERSHIP N OTTER and a jackal lived near a river , and after a while they decided to form a partnership . They agreed that they would pool all the food each was able to gather , and that they would share it equally at the end of the ...
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