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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?
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