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This would be an interestingquestion to ponder on, isn't it?

And one that has a veryinteresting answer too, revealed

by this very cute, award winningbook!

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The story starts with a mosquitotelling the iguana who comes to the

waterhole, a little something...about a

farmer digging yams that were almost

as big as the mosquito was!!!

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The iguana, for his part, is mightyannoyed at being told such tall tales

and sticks a couple of sticks in his ears

to avoid hearing such nonsense andwalks offmek mek mek mek, looking

pretty grumpy.

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He passes by his friend, python,

hardly noticing him and thusignoring his greeting as well.

Python for his part

misunderstands Iguana's silenceand concludes that his friend is

angry with him! (How often

does that happen to us? :)).

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He slithers offwasawusuwasawusu, to go hide in a rabbit

hole!

The rabbit panics when she seesthe big snake coming and she

scurries out the back way, krik krik

krik, across a clearing.

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A crow sees the rabbit running for her life,

and decides to warn the entire forest aboutthe impending danger.Kaa kaa kaa...he

cries as he flies off!

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A monkey hears the crow, sure thatsome dangerous beast is nearby. He

starts leaping, kili wili kili wili,

through the trees to warn the otheranimals.

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As the monkey crashesthrough the treetops, he

lands on a dead limb in one

of the trees, and it breaks

and falls on an owl's nest,

killing one of the owlets.

And this is the midpoint of

the book.

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It is morning and Mother Owl isnot home yet. When she returns,

she learns of what happened and in

her grief, refuses to hoot for the

sun to come out that morning, as

she normally does.

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The night stretches out longer andlonger. All the animals fear that the

sun will never come back. And this

problem is finally taken up by the

King Lion himself. You may wonder

how he is going to tackle this.

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Where will he start investigating the

problem?He begins at the only point he

can....with Mother Owl and why does

she not hoot to call the sun to comeout. And thus the story rewinds once

more, through each scene that

happened before it, until we once

again arrive at the crux of the story.

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And the starting point once again

becomes its end. The mosquito

appears before King Lion and all the

animals call for his punishment for

setting off the chain of events,beginning with a simple tall tale.

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Mother Owl, satisfied with the justice,

hoots and the sun comes out. Order is

once again restored to the kingdom,

save for the mosquito that hides out ofsight and refuses to come out.

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Which once again brings us back to

the question? Why domosquitoes

buzz in people's ears??? It turns out

that she still has a very guilty

conscience, and to this day, shegoes about whining in people's

ears....Zeeee! ! I s everyone sti l l

angry with me?

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And when she does that, she gets an

honest answer! **Kpao**!!!!This book is the retelling of a West

African legend. One would say that the

illustrations are truly the highlight of this

book. The colors are brilliant and

dazzling and with visually arresting

patterns that convey the nuances of the

rich African culture so vibrantly.

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Q1. What do you think was the Authors Purpose: To

inform, to persuade or to entertain.

Q2. What was the genre of the story?

Q3. Why does the iguana think that the mosquitos story

is nonsense?

Q4. Why does the iguana put sticks in his earsQ5. What are the words mek and krik?

Q6. Who warns the other animals of danger?

Q7.If the monkey leaps kili wili through the trees,what does kili wili mean?

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Q7.How does King Lion find out why the sun is still

sleeping?

Q8. Why doesnt Iguana speak to Python?Q9. Why did the author repeat some lines in this story?

Q10.What was the mosquito doing at the end of the story?

Q11. How does Mother Owl wake the sun?

Q12. Why do mosquitoes buzz in peoples ears?