The Loyal Karens of BurmaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 264 pagini |
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Donald Mackenzie Smeaton. CHAPTER VI . SOME OF THEIR FIRESIDE STORIES . THE HARE . A TIGER and a hare once made a friendship by drinking together the mingled blood of both ( a Karen custom to this day ) . pure yellow without stripes ...
Donald Mackenzie Smeaton. CHAPTER VI . SOME OF THEIR FIRESIDE STORIES . THE HARE . A TIGER and a hare once made a friendship by drinking together the mingled blood of both ( a Karen custom to this day ) . pure yellow without stripes ...
Pagina 118
... hare . Soon the hare pretended to have a severe attack of fever , and the tiger offered to carry him . home . " How can I ever stick on your smooth glossy back ? " said the hare . " You must tie some bundles of thatch on your back to ...
... hare . Soon the hare pretended to have a severe attack of fever , and the tiger offered to carry him . home . " How can I ever stick on your smooth glossy back ? " said the hare . " You must tie some bundles of thatch on your back to ...
Pagina 119
... hare , asked him what he was doing there . " I am watching my grandfather's fan , " was the reply . " What's your ... hare for a few hours ( bees build in a semicircular fan - like shape under a bough in Burmah ) . The hare consented ...
... hare , asked him what he was doing there . " I am watching my grandfather's fan , " was the reply . " What's your ... hare for a few hours ( bees build in a semicircular fan - like shape under a bough in Burmah ) . The hare consented ...
Pagina 120
... hare pleaded an alibi , and challenged the tiger to prove his identity with the hare that had wronged him . The tiger , with no proof at hand , accepted the hare's statement , and asked him what he was doing there . " Oh , I'm watching ...
... hare pleaded an alibi , and challenged the tiger to prove his identity with the hare that had wronged him . The tiger , with no proof at hand , accepted the hare's statement , and asked him what he was doing there . " Oh , I'm watching ...
Pagina 121
... hare had fallen . into a pit dug to catch game . When called on to surrender himself for death , the hare denied his identity as before , and said- " ' How could I have cheated you so when I have been watching my grandfather's game ...
... hare had fallen . into a pit dug to catch game . When called on to surrender himself for death , the hare denied his identity as before , and said- " ' How could I have cheated you so when I have been watching my grandfather's game ...
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