A Kingdom Lost for a Drop of Honey: And Other Burmese FolktalesFifteen tales from the area of Mandalay in Central Burma. |
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... back to Master Thumb's village . All the villagers came out with laughter and with shouts to greet the return of their hero , and to celebrate the defeat of the sun . WHY THE TIGER IS SO ANGRY AT THE CAT LTHOUGH.
... back to Master Thumb's village . All the villagers came out with laughter and with shouts to greet the return of their hero , and to celebrate the defeat of the sun . WHY THE TIGER IS SO ANGRY AT THE CAT LTHOUGH.
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WHY THE 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 .
WHY THE 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 .
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So he decided that he would not teach the 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 ...
So he decided that he would not teach the 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 ...
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Contents
Foreword | 11 |
Mister Luck and Mister Industry | 18 |
Why the Rabbits Nose Twitches | 24 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Kingdom Lost for a Drop of Honey: And Other Burmese Folktales |
| Authors | Htin Aung (U.), Helen G. Trager |
| Translated by | Paw Oo Thet |
| Illustrated by | Paw Oo Thet |
| Publisher | Parents' Magazine Press, 1968 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 May 2008 |
| Length | 96 pages |
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