The Tortoise And The lizard
Once upon a time there was a famine in
the land of the animals. One day, the lizard was passing by a farm when he saw
the farmer approach a rock. The lizard hid and watched as the farmer rolled the
rock away to reveal the entrance into a cave. The farmer went inside and came
out a few minutes later with a handful of yams and rolled the rock back into
its place. The lizard waited for the farmer to leave then he too rolled away
the rock and went into the cave. Inside the cave were several stacks of yams.
The lizard took out a yam, and rolled the rock back into its place. Everyday,
the lizard would return to the cave to take a yam and would go home to eat the
yam.
One day the lizard
was carrying his yam home, he came across the tortoise who asked him where he
had gotten his yam. He offered to tell him on the condition that the tortoise
told no one. The tortoise promised to keep the secret, so the lizard told the tortoise
to meet him the following morning and he would take him to the secret cave.
Early the next morning, before the very first cock crow, the lizard and the
tortoise went to the secret cave. When they got there, the lizard rolled the
rock away to reveal the entrance to the cave. The tortoise could not believe
his eyes for there were more yams in there than even he could eat, because the
tortoise was a very greedy fellow.
The lizard picked
a yam and started on his way home but the tortoise was not done yet. He was
going to carry as many yams as he could and maybe even more. Very soon, the
farmer came and found the tortoise who was still busy collecting yams. By this
time, the lizard was home, had eaten his yam and was taking a nap. The farmer
grabbed the tortoise and asked him how he came to be in the cave. The tortoise
confessed that the lizard had brought him there, so the farmer took tortoise to
the lizards house. There they found lizard lying on his back. The farmer asked
lizard if it was he who brought tortoise to his cave. The lizard was shocked
and said it was not possible as he had been feeling unwell and lying on his
back all day. The farmer grabbed the tortoise and threw him against the wall
and the tortoise lay on the floor with a broken shell. The tortoise cried out
to the insects of the forest who helped him pick up and glue the pieces of his
shell together. And that was how the tortoise ended up with a broken shell.
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