Englishstory12 - "Take
me with you, please," called a tortoise to a gray duck and a white duck
that were flying over.
The ducks
heard the tortoise and flew down toward him.
"Do
you really wish to go with us?" asked the ducks as they came to the ground
near the tortoise.
"I
surely do," replied the tortoise. "Will you please take me?"
"Why,
yes, I think we can do so," said the white duck slowly.
The two
ducks talked together in low tones for a few minutes. Then they flew to the
woods. They soon brought back a strong twig and dropped it in front of the
tortoise.
"Now,"
said the ducks, "if we take you off to see the world, you must promise us
one thing."
"What
is that?" asked the tortoise. "I will promise almost anything if you
will let me go."
"You
must promise not to say one word while you are in the air, NOT ONE WORD,"
replied the ducks.
"All
right, I promise," said the tortoise. "Sometimes I do not say a word
for a whole day because there is no one to listen to me."
"Well,
take firm hold of the middle of the twig; we are ready to start," said the
gray duck.
"If
you value your life, you must hold on tightly," said the white duck.
The
tortoise took hold of the middle of the twig and each duck took hold of one end.
Then they
flew up! up! up! while the tortoise swung from the middle of the twig. How he
enjoyed it! He had never had such a ride.
They had
gone a long way safely when they came to a hayfield. The haymakers looked up
and saw the ducks and the tortoise.
"Ho!
ho! the tortoise has stolen some wings," called one of the haymakers.
"What
a queer carriage he has!" laughed another in a loud voice.
"I
pity his horses," said another.
This made
the tortoise so angry that he cried out, "You--" but no one knows
what he was going to say, for he fell to the ground and was killed.
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