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Title: Afoot and afloat in Burma
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Williams, Alfred Henry, 1889-
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Publisher: Takoma Park, Washington, D.C., Peekskill, N.Y. (etc.) Review and Herald Publishing Association
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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justas much across; so they hold a great deal ofpaddy; and they must needs be big too, be-cause many of the people in Burma use riceas their principal food, making relishes toeat with it. You see those two baskets on the groundin front? The one to the right of Ma Kaiis lying on its side. Well, a village manonce told me that when they are puttingaside the years supply of rice for the house-hold use, they measure out twelve basketfulsas each persons share. Isnt that a lot ofrice to keep for one person? You wouldthink they would get tired of eating so muchof it; but they do not seem to. They cookit without salt, or sugar, or anything butjust water. I have seen little Karen children sittingon the floor around a bowl of steaming hotrice, and with their tiny fingers they wouldfirst work the rice into round balls, so largethat you would wonder how they could evereat them; then, laughing and chatting, theywould pop those rice balls into their mouths,eating with as much relish as we would the
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His First Day in School When Pa Khay first oame to school, he was smoking a nasty tobacco pipe. He has learned better now, and does not smoke any more. With Ma Dwa 149 nicest cake you can think of. Alongside satthe baby brother, too small to feed himself;so sister would give him a nice little riceball occasionally, and he was as happy asthe rest of them. Pa Khay and the other boys standing nearhave a great deal of paddy to beat, as thereare about forty hungry little mouths to fillat Kamamaung school. As soon as Pa Khayhas finished one lot, it is put into the mill tohave the husks removed, while he goes onand beats another lot. When he is tired,another boy takes his place. A boy is work-ing the mill. He is standing with his backtoward us, just behind the big pin in thebeam that Pa Khay is working up and down.In his hand the boy is holding a long han-dle which he is pulling back and forth.That makes one of the flat stones in the millrub over the other, removing the husk fromthe paddy wh

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