❦ CL⑩ - Cultural and Social Diversity

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

 ▣ is a picture book 
 ▣ In the form of a cumulative tale written for young children, which 
     tells an African legend.
 ▣ "A cause is something that makes something else happen; An 
      effect is what happens as a result of the cause."

 ▣ 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.

Madeline

湛藍的眼睛


vocabulary
1. cumulative: increasing or enlarging by successive addition.
     cumulative songs 重複前面唱過
     cumulative tales: sometimes also called a chain tale, action or dialogue repeats and builds up     
     in some way as the tale progresses. 

Cumulative tale This Is the House That Jack Built