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The Turtle Who Couldn't Stop Talking is a story from India about a turtle who lives happily in a pond with two swans. When a drought comes and dries up the pond, the swans plan to fly to another pond but don't want to leave the turtle behind. They come up with a plan to carry the turtle between them on a stick, but warn her that she must not open her mouth or talk, or she will fall. As they fly over people who comment on the strange sight, the turtle has trouble staying silent, and when she opens her mouth to tell them to be quiet, she loses her grip and falls to the ground, cracking her shell.

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The Turtle Who Couldn

The Turtle Who Couldn't Stop Talking is a story from India about a turtle who lives happily in a pond with two swans. When a drought comes and dries up the pond, the swans plan to fly to another pond but don't want to leave the turtle behind. They come up with a plan to carry the turtle between them on a stick, but warn her that she must not open her mouth or talk, or she will fall. As they fly over people who comment on the strange sight, the turtle has trouble staying silent, and when she opens her mouth to tell them to be quiet, she loses her grip and falls to the ground, cracking her shell.

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The Turtle Who Couldn't Stop Talking

A Story From India


Long, long ago, a turtle lived in a pond with two swans. The turtle loved
to talk. She always had something to say, and she liked to hear herself
say it.

After they had lived in the pond happily for many years, a dry spell
came. There was no rain for weeks and weeks. At last the pond dried up
completely. The two swans realized they would have to leave their home
and fly to another pond with water. They went to say good-bye to their
friend, the turtle. But she begged them, “Don’t leave me behind! I too
have nothing to eat and no water to live on. I will surely die if I am left
here.”

“But you can’t fly!” said the swans. “How can we take you with us?”
“Take me with you! Please take me with you!” pleaded the turtle.

The swans felt so sorry for their friend that at last they came up with a
plan. They said to the turtle, “We have thought of a way to take you with
us. We will each take hold of one end of a long stick. You must hold
onto the middle of it with your beak and never let go. You must not talk
as long as we are carrying you! If you open your mouth, you’ll fall to the
ground.”
The turtle promised not to say a word. Away the swans flew into the air
carrying the turtle on the stick between them. As they rose above the
treetops, the turtle wanted to say, “Goodness, look how high we are!”
but she remembered the swans’ warning.

Turtle and Swans, soon they passed over a small town, and a few people
looked up and shouted, “Look at the swans carrying a turtle! What a
silly sight!”

The turtle thought to herself, “Why don’t they mind their own
business?” but she remembered not to say anything out loud.

Soon more villagers came to see the sight. They cried, “How strange! A
flying turtle! Look, everybody!”

The turtle could stand it no longer. She opened her mouth to call out,
“Hush, you foolish people!” But as she did, she let go of the stick and
fell to the ground. She landed on her back, and her shell cracked into a
thousand pieces.

Turtle’s shell has remained that way to this day. Her cracked shell
reminds us of what can happen if we talk too much.

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