Children's literature week ten

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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

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.

Guilty Conscience: the monkey

Python

Apollo killing Python

Python became the chthonic enemy of the later Olympian deity Apollo, who slew him and remade Python's former home and the oracle, the most famous in Classical Greece, as his own. Changes such as these in ancient myths may reflect a profound change in the religious concepts of Hellenic culture. Some were gradual over time and others occurred abruptly following invasion.

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Frame Story

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.

Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner

are a duo of characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. In the cartoons, Coyote repeatedly attempts to catch and subsequently eat the Road Runner, a fast-running ground bird, but is never successful. Coyote, instead of his species' animal instincts, uses absurdly complex contraptions (sometimes in the manner of Rube Goldberg) and elaborate plans to pursue his prey, which always comically backfire with Wile normally getting injured by the slapstick humor.

Wile E Coyote

is one of the main antagonists in the show. He is driven by his unending appetite, he is willing to risk his life to catch the Road Runner. And, thanks to his constant supply of bad ideas and Acme products, his life is always at risk.

The Road Runner

The adventures of Tom Sawyer

by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived.

Quotes from the adventures of Tom Sawyer

a.The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names,[指名道姓] too, but she never meant no harm by it.

b.She put me in them new clothes again, and I couldn't do nothing but sweat and sweat, and feel all cramped up.

c.I couldn't make out what it was, and so it made the cold shivers run over me.

d.The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful.

The character in the adventures of Tom Sawyer--MISS WATSON

Miss Watson is Widow Douglas' sister, "a tolerable slim old maid, with goggles [glass]" .And she means well. (We guess.) But if Widow Douglas represents the good parts of civilization, Miss Watson is the bad parts. The nagging parts

Plantation era

A period in the history of the Southern United States, from the late 18th century until the start of the American Civil War in 1861 (which ended slavery in the United States and destroyed much of the economic landscape of the South), marked by the economic growth of the South, based on slave-driven plantation farming.

Antebellum Era

the Mississippian people, well known for their mound building. European history in the region began in the very earliest days of the exploration and colonization of North America. Spain, France, and England eventually explored and claimed parts of what is now the Southern United States, and the cultural influences of each can still be seen in the region today. In the centuries since, the history of the Southern United States has recorded a large number of important events, including the American Revolution, the American Civil War, the ending of slavery, and the American Civil Rights Movement.

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Coyote catches Road Runner