Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears

It’s the mother owl who woke the sun each day so the dawn can come.

Mosquito

“I
saw
a
farmer
digging
yams
that
were
as
big
as
I
am.” (big lie)

Iguana

“What’s
a
mosquito
compared
to
a
yam?”


“I
would
rather
be
deaf
than
listen
to
such
nonsense!”



Then
he
stuck
two
sticks
in
his
ears
and
went
off.

Python

“Good
morning,
Iguana.”


The
iguana
did
not
answer.

“Now,
why
won’t
he
speak
to
me?”
said
the
python
to
himself.



“Iguana
must
be
angry
about
something.
I’m
afraid
he
is
plotting
some mischief
against
me!”
He
began
looking
for
somewhere
to
hide.

Rabbit

The
rabbit
saw
the
big
snake
coming
into
her
burrow,
she
was
terrified.
She


scurried
out
through
her
back
way
and
bounded,
krik,
krik,
krik,
across
a
clearing.

Crow

A
crow
saw
the
rabbit
running
for
her
life.
He
flew
into
the
forest
crying,
kaa,
kaa,
kaa!
It
was
his
duty
to
spread
the
alarm
in
case
of
danger.

Monkey

A
monkey
heard
the
crow.
He
was
sure
that
some
dangerous
beast
was
prowling
near.
He
began
screeching
and
leaping
kili
wili
through
the
trees
to
help
warn
the
other
animals. As
the
monkey
was
crashing
through
the
treetops, he
happened
to
land
on
a
dead
limb.
It
broke
and
fell
on
an
owl’s
nest,
killing
one
of
the
owlets.


Lion

“It
was
the
mosquito
who
annoyed
iguana,
who
frightened
python,
who
scared
rabbit,
who
startled
the
crow,
who
alarmed
the
monkey,
who
killed
the
owlet‐
and
now
Mother
Owl
won’t
wake
the
sun
so
that
the
day
can
come.”

Cumulative story

In a cumulative tale, sometimes also called a chain tale, action or dialogue repeats and builds up in some way as the tale progresses. With only the sparest of plots, these tales often depend upon repetition and rhythm for their effect, and can require a skilled storyteller to negotiate their tongue-twisting repetitions in performance. The climax is sometimes abrupt and sobering as in "The Gingerbread Man." The device often takes the form of a cumulative song or nursery rhyme. Many cumulative tales feature a series of animals or forces of nature each more powerful than the last.

Twelve Days of Christmas

The Twelve Days of Christmas are the festive days beginning Christmas Day (25 December). This period is also known as Christmastide and Twelvetide. The Twelfth Night of Christmas is always on the evening of 5 January, but the Twelfth Day can either precede or follow the Twelfth Night according to which Christian tradition is followed. Twelfth Night is followed by the Feast of the Epiphany on 6 January. In some traditions, the first day of Epiphany (6 January) and the twelfth day of Christmas overlap.

Over the centuries, differing Christian denominations have had different customs, time frames and interpretations. St. Stephen's Day, for example, is 26 December in the Western Church and 27 December in the Eastern Church. 28 December is Childermas or the Feast of the Innocents. 26 December is also known as Boxing Day but this is not associated with St Stephen and Boxing Day does not move to the 27th in the Eastern Church. Currently, the twelve days and nights are celebrated in widely varying ways around the world. Some give gifts only on Christmas Day, some only on Twelfth Night, and some each of the twelve nights.

The Twelve Days of Christmas(song)

"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol that enumerates a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas in the manner of a cumulative song. The song, first published in England in 1780 without music as a chant or rhyme, is thought to be French in origin. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 68. The tunes of collected version vary. The standard tune now associated with it is derived from a 1909 arrangement of the traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin, who first introduced the now familiar prolongation of the verse "five gold rings".

"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a cumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are twelve verses, each describing a gift given by "my true love" on one of the twelve days of Christmas.

...and so forth, until the last verse:

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me.

12 Drummers Drumming

11 Pipers Piping

10 Lords-a-Leaping

9 Ladies Dancing

8 Maids-a-Milking

7 Swans-a-Swimming

6 Geese-a-Laying

5 Gold Rings

4 Colly Birds

3 French Hens

2 Turtle Doves

And a Partridge in a Pear Tree.