Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale is a picture book by Verna Aardema and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon told in the form of a cumulative tale written for young children, which tells an African legend. In this origin story, the mosquito lies to a lizard, who puts sticks in his ears and ends up frightening another animal, which down a long line causes a panic. In the end, an owlet is killed and the owl is too sad to wake the sun until the animals hold court and find out who is responsible. The mosquito is eventually found out, but it hides in order to escape punishment. So now it constantly buzzes in people's ears to find out if everyone is still angry at it.

Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears

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Cause and effect

Mother Owl – king lion

Mosquito - annoy

Iquana – frighten

Python – scare

Rabbit – startle

Crow – alarm

Monkey – kill

Owlet

Conflict

The mother owl make up the sun each day, so the day can come.

*It`s not my fault. Good morning.

Cumulative tale (term explanation)

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