In the beginning, Guam had a little vegetation and only a few people. Most of the seeds of the plants that arrived on Guam were carried by winds, typhoons, and ocean currents.  Some were brought to the island by visitors from other islands.

One day the son of a chief from Talofofo wanted to marry a young Chamorro girl who was the daughter of the chief from Tamuning. When the couple received the consent from their parents, they agreed to marry.   They planned a great fandango to celebrate the marriage and to honor the new relationship between the two great chiefs.

As was the custom, the young newlyweds lived in the village of Talofofo, the home of the bridegroom.  They were very happy, indeed, and loved on another dearly.

One day, without apparent cause, the young bride died unexpectedly. Because of his undying love for his wife, the husband kept her body by his side and wept day after day.  Although his fellow villagers of Talofofo asked the young man to bury his wife, he kept her and continued to weep day and night.

After a while, he built a raft from the dokdok tree and put his wife's body on the raft and started out to sea.  The young Chamorro boy stayed with the raft for many days.

A taotaomona appeared.  He said to the Chamorro, "I can bring your wife back to life." "In order to do this, I need a pin made of bamboo."  The Chamorro boy made a pin of bamboo and gave it to the taotaomona.  The taotaomona then struck the boy's finger with the pin, and blood dripped onto the body of his dead wife.  Blood flowed into her body and, behold, his wife came back to life. 

The couple decided to stay at sea and to live happily together.  They lived from the sea and were quite happy for some time.
Soon the husband, tiring of sea food, decided to go ashore to get some fresh fruit to eat.  He swam to shore.  On his return with the fruits, he saw his wife standing on the raft with another man.
She told him that she was going away with the other man, and off she went.  The enraged husband knew that he would have to kill her for betraying him.

When the next day came, he went in search of his wife.  When he found her near the river, he struck her with a bamboo pin.
Her blood flowed into the water of the river, and she disappeared.   As her blood emptied into the ocean, it turned into mosquito larvae.

Today, when a mosquito bites people, it is sucking blood with its long proboscis, trying to get back enough blood to become the beautiful bride which once lived on Guam.