Week 13 Reading Notes Part 1
How the Turtle Saved His Own Life
- A king built a lake in his backyard for his sons to swim and play in
- The boys swam and sailed their boats in it
- The king then asked some of his workers to put some fish into the lake
- The sons ran to the lake to see these new additions and they noticed something they had never seen before, a turtle
- They thought it was a demon so they got scared
- They ran back to the their father and the king ordered for the turtle to be killed
- when the workers caught the turtle and brought it back to the house, the boys ran away from it and cried
- The king, very empathetic of his sons, demanded that the turtle be killed
- The workers thought of many ways to kill it
- Pound it, back it in hot coals, or throw it into the lake
- The workers agreed to throw the turtle into the lake where it will be smashed to pieces by the rocks
- The turtle hearing all this talk, thrusted his head out of the shell
- He demanded to know why they would do such a thing when the turtle had not done anything
- When the king heard this, he ordered for the men to take the turtle to the lake at once
- The turtle laughed to himself as he knew he was very safe in the water
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