Heeah Dohsah

A long time ago there was a monster that
roamed the forest and would kill our people and
drink their blood. This was an awful monster
that stood very tall and had long brown hair and its
eyes were black with red pupils.
The people thought about how they might
kill this monster. They decided in council
that the best way would be to allow a young
girl to act as bait for the monster and lead it
to a trap. The people dug a deep hole
in the forest and covered
it with branches and leaves.
The young girl waited in
the forest day after day for the monster
to come for her. Then one day, late in the
afternoon, the monster came and as the young
girl ran, the monster followed. They ran
quickly through the forest and all the
while the girl called for the people to come
and help kill the monster.
They heard her cries and ran to where she was
to lead the monster
into the deep pit.
When the girl ran across the pit,
because she was small and did not weigh
very much, the branches did not break,
but when the monster started across the
branches broke with a loud snapping sound
and the monster fell into the pit.
All the people quickly set fire to the
branches and the leaves and added more
branches to the pit. The monster cried out
from within the flames and the people
continued to feed the fire more wood.
The people kept the fire burning for three
days and then allowed it to burn out.
They stood around the pit and saw that
the fire had devoured the monster.
There was only ashes left in the pit.
What the people did not realize was that the
spirit of the monster had escaped through the
holes between the branches as the fire burned.
To this day man is still tormented by these
spirits that fly
through the air and suck our blood.
We call them Dohsah.
You call them mosquito.