The pee moth part 1
The story of the Old meeting Mothra spread quickly among the band. King Kong and Terkina even made up a funny story titled The Pee Moth which a short period of Kesho's naughty behavior inspired. The couple visited Amal when their half nephew was further from them carelessly playing with his friends. She told them again about her problem of her son not listening to her. She tried solving the issue on her own by having a deep conversation with him about the way he acts and the cause. She succeeded in getting him to open up to her about his motives. He stated that he doesn't always feel like obeying her.
She remembered back when she rebelled against her mother at times and explained that sometimes we have to do things such as listen to certain directions even though we don't feel like fulfilling them. She shared with him an example of this from her childhood. When Amal was about the age of Kesho she was told not to wonder too far from the troop. She disregarded the warning and ventured away out of their sight until she reached a clearing. She enjoyed crawling in the meadow whose grass towered above her. Little did she know that she was heading into the center of a brontosaurus herd. As she was joyfully frolicking she bumped into something which resembled a smooth, grey tree trunk. Then, a startled roar sheared the air as the object moved which turned out to be a brontosaurus leg. She and the dinosaurs got scared, they began to scatter. As she was galloping back to the jungle some of these long-necked creatures frantically crept above her almost trampling her into the ground. She made it back safely but was shocked by the happenings. Her mother observed this and asked her where she had been. She reluctantly let her know the place and confessed to her what she had experienced. As punishment she was prohibited by her mom to be with friends. This was a harsh lesson for her and she explained to Kesho that she wants the best for him and it's for his own good that she asks him to do something or doesn't let him do something regardless of how he feels.
This worked for a while but the boy's will soon regained its original strength again. She tried banning him from friends but this backfired because he started annoying her out of boredom. She just didn't know what to do anymore. Terk suggested that if necessary she should try taking more drastic measures, be stricter even slap him as a last resort if nothing else works. Her husband suggested scaring him with the pee moth story as a way of being harder on him.
"What is the pee moth," she enquired.
"The pee moth is the giant insect that the Old claims he had seen," replied her half-brother.
"Why is it called the pee moth," she asked.
"You'll find out, if we can get Kesho to come here and listen to it with you," answered Terk.
"I'll go fetch him..." responded Amal then, set off towards some children who were chatting with each other and laughing from time to time.
She returned with the boy by her side.
"Hi, aunt Terk and uncle Kong," he excitedly greeted.
"Hi, Kesho. Your aunt Terk and I are here to share a story with you," he firmly said.
"Really," he unseeingly wondered.
"Yes," replied Terk without emotion.
"Why are you both so serious? Aren't you glad to see me," he asked a little disappointedly.
"We have heard that you haven't been listening to your mother and because of this I will tell you a story which has a lesson," replied King Kong.
"Why are you going to tell me a story if I behaved badly? I don't get it," he said with a bit of anger in his tone.
"Because what your uncle Kong is going to tell you is important," answered Terk. "Have you ever heard of... the pee moth," she enquired.
"No," responded the boy.
"Centuries ago a large egg about the size of my fist fell out of the sky. Our ancestors having heard the branches breaking as they slowed its descent turned their heads in the direction from where the noise came. They noticed that it had landed among them and drew near it. They couldn't match it with any of the species living here on Skull Island which laid eggs. Never had they seen an egg so large. Just to be on the safe side they pushed it into the center of the clearing where the brontosauruses graze. About a week later some troop members decided to check on it whether it was still there or not. They discovered pieces of its shell scattered in the grass: it had hatched. Shortly after this they heard swishing of tree branches from a tree growing on the border of the meadow and the forest. They glanced in that direction and were startled by the sight of an ugly, brown, spiky caterpillar as long as my arm devouring the foliage. They retreated back to the band and spread the news. As weeks passed the caterpillar grew bigger and bigger, soon it became twice as long as a silverback. Then, it cocooned and a creature, a giant moth, squeezed itself out of it. The moth is twice as tall as a silverback and has an even greater wingspan than a silverback's height. It's wings which are brown, yellow, black and orange having a slightly light bluish glow on their roots and not far from the roots could probably shelter a medium-sized troop from the rain. It has large glowing blue eyes and sees quite well. It has two feather-like antennae, it tickles those kids with them who behave well. It has black mandibles. It has six long legs ending in sharp claws, a larger and smaller pair on the thorax and a more muscular pair on the abdomen, it can even stand on its hind legs alone. It has a retractable, slightly curved stinger on the end of its abdomen, similar to a bumblebee's. The whole being excluding its eyes, mandibles, stinger, claws and antennae is covered in shaggy, tan fur similar in length and texture to ours. Now, let me explain to you why it is called... the pee moth. This creature somehow knows how well or how naughty children behave. I already told you what good kids get from it, let's get to the case of the not well-behaved children such as those who don't listen to their mothers. The pee moth appears in the dreams of those children, but the kids don't know in advance during which night and in which dream it will show up. Here's what you would see if you dreamt with the pee moth. Your current dream suddenly turns black then, two glowing blue eyes manifest out of nothing then, close in on you. You can't run. When the eyes get close enough the light radiating out of them illuminates the creature and its close surroundings as it unleashes an ear-piercing, raspy screech that is so scary that you immediately wake up finding out that you peed in the nest under yourself! That is the reason why it is called… the pee moth," said the silverback.
The child didn't say a word in response, he felt tense and worried. He felt that he had to warn the other kids.
"Mom, may I return to my friends? I must tell them this," he requested urgently.
"Yes, you may," she said.
