When the soldiers brought Miss Frog, King Bee asked: “Why did you disturb me while I was asleep?”

“I was giggling and laughing because during the day I had spied Mr Snail walking around very slowly with all his belongings, including his house.

“We never carry around our belongings and house. We leave our belongings in the house when we move. Why doesn’t he leave his house and belongings behind and move around freely and faster?”

King Bee heard what Miss Frog said and decided that it was a genuine explanation. He commanded his soldiers to search for Mr Snail and bring him before him. It took the soldiers a day to find Snail. But they did capture him and brought him before King Bee.

“Why do you carry your house around so causing Miss Frog to laugh and disturb me throughout the night, Mr Snail?

“I am thinking of putting you into prison as you are the cause of the disturbance.”

“I am not supposed to carry those things around but it was Mrs Firefly who made me carry them. She always comes every night with her fire to burn my house. To save my property and my house, I have to move them with me,” Mr Snail answered.

King Bee heard what Snail said and believed him. He demanded the capture of Mrs Firefly and ordered that she be brought before him.

And so the soldiers brought Mrs Firefly.

“Why are you carrying your fire all over the place to burn Mr Snail’s house. When Miss Frog saw Mr Snail walking around with his house, it made her laugh and it disturbed me throughout the night?” said King Bee.

“Since you are the cause of these disturbances, I am thinking of imprisoning you for the rest of your life. Do you have anything to say?”

“Yes, my King,” said Mrs Firefly. “The purpose of me carrying my fire was to stop Mr Mosquito from biting me as his venom causes malaria, a disease that is very common in Papua New Guinea.

“To stop Mr Mosquito from biting me and giving me malaria, I have keep my fire alight all night,” replied Mrs Firefly. King Bee agreed with Mrs Firefly’s reasoning.

He then demanded the capture of Mr Mosquito.

The soldiers brought Mr Mosquito with his very sharp needle for a nose before the King.

The King held tightly to Mosquito’s sharp needle and interviewed him. “Why do you try to bite Mrs Firefly which made her come around every night with her fire that caused Mr Snail to carry his house with him which made Miss Frog to laugh all night disturbing my peace?

“You are the cause of all these problems and I think you will be killed,” said King Bee.

“If you want to kill me you must be careful because, after a while, you will be dead too,” Mr Mosquito said.

King Bee wondered how Mr Mosquito would carry out the threat. “Who do you think you are and what makes you think I will die after I kill you?

“I have a great army of soldiers which protects me every moment of my life. Are you as powerful as my army?” he asked.

“Your soldiers are few in number but I and my friends are many and our venom is powerful. This could be the end of your kingdom.”

King Bee was scared because Mr Mosquito’s sharp needle was in his hand.

“You have won the case and now you are free to go,” said King Bee, “and everybody down the line can also have their freedom.”

So pretty Miss Frog, ugly Mr Snail, tiny Mrs Firefly and nasty Mr Mosquito all had their freedom restored. They could live anywhere and exercise their rights as members of the animal and insect kingdom.

Even though Mr Mosquito is small, he is powerful and dangerous with his very sharp needle.

He and his family are amongst the most feared of living creatures.