- The King has power to do anything and what he wants
- He wanted fishes into the lake
- demanded to throw turtle in the lake to be killed
- one boy wanted to kill the turtle by "pound it to powder"
- one boy wanted to kill the turtle by "bake it in hot coals"
- one man wanted to kill the turtle by "throwing the thing into the lake where it flows out over the rocks into the river"
- Turtle thrusted his head out and defended itself asking, "friend, what have I done that you should do such a dreadful thing as that to me? The other plans were bad enough, but to throw me into the lake!"
- The king ordered to throw it in the lake, but in the end, the turtle played dumb because he knew he would be save in the water.
- In the end, do not assume so quickly if something is dangerous or not. I really liked this one the best because the turtle outsmarted the king and boys. They were too quick to judge and assume badly of the turtle, instead, he benefitted the most.
The Turtle and the King (image source from Jataka Tale)
2. Ellen C. Babbitt, The Turtle and the Geese, Link
- The turtle became great friends with two young wild geese.
- Geese invited the turtle to join their long journey home because it was a "beautiful home" but the turtle could not fly
- The Geese offered to give him a stick to bite on but not say a word to anybody.
- As they were flying by a village, people were amazed how the turtle was in the air and thought ti was ridiculous
- The turtle decided to defend himself and fell off the stick and died. He died by opening his mouth trying to talk which made him let go of the stick.
- In the end, do not get too cocky. When you are given a task and to not say a word for your safety, then don't say a word.
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