Enlight Sevruga and eggplant Once upon a time there lived a man named Phyu Tan. He had no corner of his own, and he wandered around the village as if restless. First one family will shelter him, then another. He didn’t bother him... Burmese Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Beida's tricky flower In a long, distant time, a strong stream of rain carried the delicate Beida flower into a rice field. So he stayed there. In dry summers, when the soil cracked due to lack of moisture, the flower had ... Burmese Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight The power of unity This happened a long time ago. The Tiger came to the stream to drink water and met the Frog on the shore. - Why are you, Frog, sitting and sitting in the same place? – Tiger turned to her. “Can’t you ... Burmese Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight I didn’t notice how I became a monk There was once a monastery in a village, and all the inhabitants of the village were its parishioners. The sermons of the abbot of this monastery, a man knowledgeable both in worldly affairs and in th... Burmese Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Journey to the Monkey King In ancient times, there lived an old man and an old woman. They lived in poverty, did not escape from poverty, and did not eat enough. They worked day and night in their field. And the field was not f... Burmese Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight The Frog Princess In ancient times, in one country, an old man and an old woman had seven children. Six daughters, and the youngest, the seventh, was a frog. Her parents placed her in a large vat and watched over her, ... Burmese Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight How Ko Pwei Lee made his fellow villagers laugh The time was approaching for the traditional village festival in the area where Koh Pwei Lee lived. Each family took part in preparation for this long-awaited day. Some cooked all kinds of treats, oth... Burmese Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight About an inept cook There lived a peasant in a village, and he had a wife who was a useless cook. One day a relative came to visit them, and the hospitable husband told her to prepare a tastier treat. The wife tried her ... Burmese Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Three truths Once upon a time there lived an old man and his grandson in the same village. The boy's parents died when he was very young, and until he was twenty he was inseparable from his grandfather. The grandf... Burmese Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Maun Itipi There lived in a village a poor widow, and she had only one son. He was what is called a klutz and, while studying at a monastery school, he only learned iti-pi. No matter how hard the teachers fought... Burmese Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight About a resourceful boy Once upon a time there lived in a monastery a monk who was famous for his stern disposition. Once during a big Buddhist holiday, when services were going on in all the temples, he saw a boy chasing cr... Burmese Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight About the braggart Nga Chaun In one village there lived a man named Nga Chaun, an inventor and boaster. Once telling his friend about how he was hunting birds in the forest, Nga Chaun began, as always, to lie: - I went to hunt bi... Burmese Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
