Rice Literature

Under the Rice Moon This short story by Rhiannon Puck is about a swallow bird’s desire to escape from its cage and frustration as no human is able to understand its wish. Read the full story at:
http://my.hrw.com/support/hos/hostpdf/host_text_104.pdf


The Rice Dumpling’s StoryTo learn the story of the rice dumpling please click the following link:
http://my.openrice.com/klangvalley/restaurant/article/detail.htm?article_id=60


One Grain of Rice video



The Siamese RICE goddess Mae Phosop (Thai: แม่โพสพ) is the Siamese RICE goddess. Rituals are made to propitiate her during the different steps of rice production. Villagers believe that she ensures everyone has enough to eat. To learn more please click
http://web.archive.org/web/20070526103719/http://www.awakenedwoman.com/pairin_rice_mother.htm


The Legend Of The Rice This short story, by Katherine Neville Fleeson, tells us how rice grains came into being. Do read it at
http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/56192/


A Measure of Rice (Short Christmas Story) shows us how powerful love can be during famine. For the full story please click
http://taramayastales.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-measure-of-rice-short-christmas-story.html


One Little Bag Of Rice, is a short story by Edward Eggleston about how a wise man utilizes a small bag of rice. To read it please click
http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/15218/


Fish and Rice story teaches children about gratitude and self control. The story is available at
http://yogastories.wordpress.com/2010/09/17/fish-and-rice-a-story-about-self-control-and-gratitude-for-children-age-6-10-years/


The Golden Mountain and the Weeping Rice is a folklore available at
http://www.theamotimes.com/2012/03/22/bruneis-folklore-the-golden-mountain-and-the-weeping-rice/


On Rice Thousand Gold is an old Chinese fable. To view the video story please click: :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK54whgXdKk



Worms in Rice is a short story about a Saint named Vedanta Deshikar. To read the story please click::
http://www.kidsgen.com/fables_and_fairytales/indian_mythology_stories/worms_in_rice.htm


The story of the Rice Cake is a famous Vietnamese folklore. To read please click:
http://www.vietnam-culture.com/articles-9-4/Story-of-the-rice-cake-in-Tet-holiday.aspx


The Legend of Rice is a tale from Ancient India. To read click the following link:
http://hinduism.about.com/od/taleslegends/a/legend_of_the_rice.htm


Rungus folklore describes the relationship between rice cultivators (Rungus) and rice spirits (Bambarazon) who are the keepers and protectors of rice. To read the full story please click the following link:
http://www.marscela.com/2011/08/04/rungus-folklore-the-myth-of-rice-spirits-bambarazon/


TILIN, THE RICE BIRD is a Philippino folklore about a little girl who turned into a little brown rice bird. The full story is available at http://www.sacred-texts.com/asia/pft/pft33.htm


Rice Pudding is a poem by the late Alan Alexander Milne. To read it please click:
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/rice-pudding/


One Grain of Rice, a clever mathematical folktale by Demi, shows how a selfish king is outsmarted by a village girl. To read please click the link below:
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMT668/EMAT6680.F99/Martin/instructional%20unit/day4.exponential/excel/grainofrice.html


Many wonderful stories on rice are available. The following link directs you to a short story entitled ‘Rice Bowl Wishes’. To read please click the link below:
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/vertie/motivadores/ricebowl.htm