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When it
was brought to him, he sat down and started eating. He didn't
stop till he had finished every last bit. And not once did he
ask the four friends to have some.
Then the
chief spoke. I listened to your story and decided that I would
punish all of you for being so mean and selfish. First I punished
you by eating all of the antelope without sharing any of it
with you. Now I am going to punish you all once more, by joining
you together so that something like this never happens again."
And he did.
The parts
of the body were furious with the chief for doing this, but
they were even angrier with the mosquito for bringing them to
see the chief. And that's why whenever the ears hear the whine
of a mosquito, the eyes search for it and the arms try and slap
it. If, as often happens, the mosquito still whines even after
the arms have slapped and smacked all over the place, the legs
join in the hunt.
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