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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... Tiger is so Angry at the Cat The Golden Crow The Case of the Calf and the Colt The Bee - Hunter and the Oozie The Old Man in the Moon The Drunkard and the Opium - Eater Keys to Burmese Meanings 11 15 18 24 28 31 34 39 43 46 53 57 62 66 ...
... Tiger is so Angry at the Cat The Golden Crow The Case of the Calf and the Colt The Bee - Hunter and the Oozie The Old Man in the Moon The Drunkard and the Opium - Eater Keys to Burmese Meanings 11 15 18 24 28 31 34 39 43 46 53 57 62 66 ...
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... TIGER IS SO ANGRY AT THE CAT LTHOUGH THE TIGER was big and strong and fierce , he was so clumsy in his movements that he became the laughingstock of the jungle . " Look at the clumsy tiger , " The animals jeered . " He will soon starve ...
... TIGER IS SO ANGRY AT THE CAT LTHOUGH THE TIGER was big and strong and fierce , he was so clumsy in his movements that he became the laughingstock of the jungle . " Look at the clumsy tiger , " The animals jeered . " He will soon starve ...
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... tiger one special trick . The three years of apprenticeship drew to an end , and the tiger respectfully asked , " Sire Teacher , have I learned everything ? " " Everything , ” replied the cat untruthfully . The tiger thanked the cat and ...
... tiger one special trick . The three years of apprenticeship drew to an end , and the tiger respectfully asked , " Sire Teacher , have I learned everything ? " " Everything , ” replied the cat untruthfully . The tiger thanked the cat and ...
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