&part1=<P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="18" COLOR="#003366"><B>Overview</B></FONT><br>
<FONT SIZE="12" COLOR="#000000">We can learn about the people, events, and places in a story by paying attention to what the characters say. In the beginning of <i>Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears</i>  (Puffin Books, 1975), the dialogue is what gets the story started. Without the conversation, the reader would only see the two creatures meeting at the waterhole. 
            One morning a mosquito saw an iguana drinking at a waterhole. The<br>       mosquito <font color="#003366"><b>said</b></font>, "Iguana, you will never believe what I saw yesterday." <br>           "Try me," <font color="#003366"><b>said</b></font> the iguana.<br>           The mosquito <font color="#003366"><b>said</b></font>, "I saw a farmer digging yams that were almost<br>       as big as I am."
In this story, the dialogue tags <font color="#003366"><b><i>said</i></b></font> tells us when a character is talking and identifies which character is talking.
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