Why We Have Mosquitoes

 

By John Kahionhes Fadden

A long time ago there were no tiny mosquitoes; just two giant ones that lived near a river. They would attack the people as they passed in their canoes. The people then used a different river, and the big mosquitoes moved there as well continuing their assaults.

A war party of twenty well–armed warriors set out in two canoes to do battle with the giants. The battle ensued and the men went from overturned canoes on to the land. Arrows and spears filled the air, and in the fight ten men perished. They hid behind trees and bushes making it difficult for the mosquitoes to reach them.

The mosquitoes' bodies were pierced with many arrows, and they finally fell to the ground. The warriors rushed to the fallen giants and continued their attack with war clubs and spears.

From the blood of the two giant mosquitoes there sprang many little mosquitoes and the air was filled with them. These little mosquitoes, like their grandfathers, are fond of the taste of human blood. They hate man for killing their grandfathers and are continually trying to get revenge upon humans to this day.

 

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