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 33
... saying , " No , no . " At last they came to blows and each dragged the other to the headman's house . The headman that morning had had an unfortunate misunder- standing with his wife , which resulted in his soundly beating her . The ...
... saying , " No , no . " At last they came to blows and each dragged the other to the headman's house . The headman that morning had had an unfortunate misunder- standing with his wife , which resulted in his soundly beating her . The ...
Page 36
... saying . " So he said gently to the fisherman , " My man , you mean twenty rubies , or twenty elephants or even twenty horses . " " No , sire , no , sire , " replied the fisherman , " I want just twenty lashes with your cane . " " I am ...
... saying . " So he said gently to the fisherman , " My man , you mean twenty rubies , or twenty elephants or even twenty horses . " " No , sire , no , sire , " replied the fisherman , " I want just twenty lashes with your cane . " " I am ...
Page 57
... saying , " Oh , my 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 ...
... saying , " Oh , my 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 ...
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