Do you know where turtles live? Turtles used to live on the land, they say, ___1___ the time a clever turtle was caught by some people. They brought him to ___2___ village and placed the turtle before the leader, who said, “How shall we ___3___ him?”
“You’ll have to kill me first,” said the turtle, “and take me out of this shell (壳).”
“We’ll break your shell with sticks,” they said.
“That’ll never ___4___,” said the turtle, “Why don’t you throw me in the ___5___ and drown (淹死) me?!”
“___6___ idea,” said the Chief. They took the turtle to the river and threw him into the water to drown him.
They were ___7___ for their success in drowning the turtle, when ___8___ little green eyes poked up (突然出现) in the water and the laughing turtle said, “Don’t get those cooking pots out too ___9___, foolish (愚蠢的) people!” As he swam away he said, “I think I’ll ___10___ most of my time from now on, safely in the water.”
It has been that way ever since!
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