The Tortoise and the Duck, Aesop's Fable
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Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
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The tortoise, you know, carries his house on his back. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot leave home. They say that Jupiter punished himself because he was such a lazy stay at home that he would not go to Jupiter's wedding. Even when especially invited after many years, tortoise began to wish he had gone to that wedding. When he saw how *** the birds flew about and how the hair and the chipmunk and all the other animals ran nimbly by always eager to see everything there was to be seen. The tortoise felt very sad and discontented. He wanted to see the world too. And there he was with a house on his back and little short legs that could hardly drag him along. One day, he met a pair of ducks and told him his troubles we can help you. See the world said the ducks take hold of this stick with your teeth and we'll carry you far up in the air where you can see the whole countryside but keep quiet or you will be sorry. The tortoise was very glad indeed. He seized the stick firmly with his teeth that two ducks took hold at one at each end and away, they sailed up toward the clouds just then a crow flew by. She was very much astonished at the strange sight and cried. This must surely be the king of tortoises was certainly began the tortoise. But as he opened his mouth to say these foolish words, he lost his hole in the stick and down. He fell to the ground where he was dashed to pieces on a rock.