Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears 為什麼蚊子總是在耳邊嗡嗡叫
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale is a picture book 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.
Hickory Dickory Dock (lyrics)
"Hickory Dickory Dock" or "Hickety Dickety Dock" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6489.
arbitrary (adj.) 獨斷的, 專制的
Python 大蟒蛇 big snake
cough drop 喉糖
google 是拿來作學問的, yahoo 是拿來買東西~
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the source of the sound that it
describes. It is
extremely useful in written English because it helps authors to describe sounds
accurately and makes writing much more lively and interesting. Common
occurrences of onomatopoeia include animal noises, such
as quack (duck), moo (cow), bark or woof (dog)
Nonsense is a communication, via speech, writing, or any other symbolic system, that lacks any coherent meaning. Sometimes in ordinary usage, nonsense is synonymous with absurdity or the ridiculous. Many poets, novelists and songwriters have used nonsense in their works, often creating entire works using it for reasons ranging from pure comic amusement or satire, to illustrating a point about language or reasoning.
A frame story (also frame tale, frame narrative, etc.) is a literary technique that sometimes serves as a companion piece to a story within a story, whereby an introductory or main narrative is presented, at least in part, for the purpose of setting the stage either for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories. The frame story leads readers from a first story into another, smaller one (or several ones) within it.
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