Once upon a time, a feast was organized for birds in the sky. Tortoise persuaded birds that he would love to go with them but the birds refused to allow Tortoise go with them because besides not being a bird he had a reputation for being cunning and greedy
But the Tortoise too was good at appealing with his great sense of humour. Finally the Birds agreed to allow him go with them
One by on they contributed their feathers together and gave it to Tortoise so he could fly with them. At the point of departure, Tortoise suggested that each of them be given a name for better identification when they get to the feast, the Birds agreed
Tortoise gave beautiful names to all the Birds, flattering them in the process and named himself “All of you”. then they flew to the sky and got there safely. At the point when food was to be served, the host brought the food and said “This food is for all of you”.
Hearing this, Tortoise jumped at the food and claimed it was meant for him since he was the only one bearing the name. He ate the food while Birds watched in amazement
The host came again, brought drinks and said " this drink is for all of you" The Tortoise jumped on it and drank everything. The birds were getting angry now
The Tortoise did the same to the gifts brought for "all of you" He was pleased with himself, what a ceremony
In annoyance, Birds began to collect their feathers from Tortoise and leave one after the other. When the last bird was about to leave Tortoise, he had one last stroke of genius. He pleaded with the bird to help him send a message to his wife, the bird agreed
His wife was to gather foams in large number and spread the foams outside so that when he jumped from the sky, the foams will guarantee him a safe landing
When the bird got to tortoise’s wife, he told her that she should gather hard materials like stones, broken bottles, nails etc and spread them outside for her husband. The wife did as instructed. After this, a signal was sent to tortoise to jump down. Tortoise jumped, landed on the sharp objects, sustained serious injury and had his shell broken in the process. The injury left his shell with scars to this day
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But the Tortoise too was good at appealing with his great sense of humour. Finally the Birds agreed to allow him go with them
One by on they contributed their feathers together and gave it to Tortoise so he could fly with them. At the point of departure, Tortoise suggested that each of them be given a name for better identification when they get to the feast, the Birds agreed
Tortoise gave beautiful names to all the Birds, flattering them in the process and named himself “All of you”. then they flew to the sky and got there safely. At the point when food was to be served, the host brought the food and said “This food is for all of you”.
Hearing this, Tortoise jumped at the food and claimed it was meant for him since he was the only one bearing the name. He ate the food while Birds watched in amazement
The host came again, brought drinks and said " this drink is for all of you" The Tortoise jumped on it and drank everything. The birds were getting angry now
The Tortoise did the same to the gifts brought for "all of you" He was pleased with himself, what a ceremony
In annoyance, Birds began to collect their feathers from Tortoise and leave one after the other. When the last bird was about to leave Tortoise, he had one last stroke of genius. He pleaded with the bird to help him send a message to his wife, the bird agreed
His wife was to gather foams in large number and spread the foams outside so that when he jumped from the sky, the foams will guarantee him a safe landing
When the bird got to tortoise’s wife, he told her that she should gather hard materials like stones, broken bottles, nails etc and spread them outside for her husband. The wife did as instructed. After this, a signal was sent to tortoise to jump down. Tortoise jumped, landed on the sharp objects, sustained serious injury and had his shell broken in the process. The injury left his shell with scars to this day
Read also: How human spine came to be
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