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 74
... house of their own , they spent their time in the various rest houses of the village . But they avoided one particular rest house , namely the one at the cemetery , for all believed that it was the nightly meeting - place of the village ...
... house of their own , they spent their time in the various rest houses of the village . But they avoided one particular rest house , namely the one at the cemetery , for all believed that it was the nightly meeting - place of the village ...
Page 77
... rest house . He duly went there but , as he was full of opium , he became very sleepy . When the ghosts came into the rest house at midnight he was half - asleep . The ghosts looked at him with suspicion . Other ghosts came in , until the ...
... rest house . He duly went there but , as he was full of opium , he became very sleepy . When the ghosts came into the rest house at midnight he was half - asleep . The ghosts looked at him with suspicion . Other ghosts came in , until the ...
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... REST HOUSE : Most every village has a rest house , zayat , and a town may have several . It is a simple structure that offers any passer - by or weary traveler a place to stop for rest and for shelter . Usually , it is a wooden platform ...
... REST HOUSE : Most every village has a rest house , zayat , and a town may have several . It is a simple structure that offers any passer - by or weary traveler a place to stop for rest and for shelter . Usually , it is a wooden platform ...
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