The Bird of Happiness
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Life and culture in Tibet
- Images of Tibetan Life
- Tibetan People
- [https://www.google.co.in/search?q=barley&safe=active&biw=1366&bih=564&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=EKXaVIWXN5Xh8AXpp4GwCw&ved=0CIIBEIke&dpr=1
Barley and barley bread]
What is this story about
- About a Tibetan village where people where poor and suffering (discuss reasons and the role of natural resources in human life)
- A boy's search to help his village
- About the boy's virtues, ethics and how that helps the village
- We are introduced to the customs in the village
- Names and characters in the Tibetan mythology
Compilations of Tibetan folk tales
http://www.inyatrust.com/editor/uploads/7/5/2/9/7529832/185003695108296584_10th_english_question_bank_-2014-15.pdf
Language used in the story
- Translated text
- Who is the translator?
- Some vocabulary specific to mountains
- Some vocabulary which is a slang is also used (for grandfather, etc)
- Written in the past tense
- Third person narrative