a long time ago in a land not far from here, deep down in the jungle, there lived all the animals you could think of. there were elephants, cheetah, eagles, monkeys and anything else your wild imagination can think of!!!
there was once a massive drought and all the plants in the jungle slowly withered and the animals had nothing to eat. all the animals began to starve and the owl (what the heck is an owl doing in the jungle? no idea... but i be telling the story so there^^) wisely suggested moving away from the, now dead, jungle to find more food. They all agreed and headed off.
after a couple days of searching, the animals finally found some life in the form of a tree. now this tree was no ordinary tree. the birds tried flying high to see what kind of food was growing from the tree, but it was too high in the sky. the monkeys and sloths tried to climb it but the trunk was too slippery. a beaver even came and tried cutting it down but the owl poked the beaver's head saying that the beaver's going to kill the tree.
nobody knew what to do when the lion came forth and said, 'i have heard of this magical tree. it is said that if you know the magic word, the branches on the tree will drop down so people can eat from it forever and ever.' at this, all the animals were amazed and asked what the magic word was and the lion told them that it was hidden behind these mountains about a day's journey to and from.
all the animals were tired, but the cheetah volunteered to go since he was the fastest. he ran as fast as he could to the mountains and came back, but upon arriving, he forgot the magical word. this upset everybody but the it was okay because the eagle said he would go next... so off he flew. when he came back, he too forgot the magical word!~ and then another animal and another went but they allll forgot the word until finallly, the turtle, the slowest of them all, volunteered to go. he said he knew a way to memorize things really well by repeating the word in this head over and over again.
so the turtle slowly crawled towards the mountain and slowly came back. he kept on saying the magical word in his head over and over again until he saw the tree again... but all the animals died because the turtle was too slow
the end. what's the moral of the story? don't be a hero... leave it to beaver^^ |