The talkative tortoise:
Once upon a time, two geese by means of the names of Sankata and Vikata and a tortoise by means of the title of Kambugriva lived close to a river. They had been top friends. Once, due to drought in the region, all the rivers, lakes and ponds went dry. There was once now not a drop of water to drink for the birds and animals. They started to die of thirst.
The three buddies talked amongst themselves to discover a answer to this hassle and go out in search of water. But regardless of their high-quality efforts they may want to now not locate water somewhere around.
Having no choice the three buddies determined to go to some far away lake, full of water, to settle down there forever. But there was once a trouble in moving to so far-off a place. While it was once effortless for the geese to fly, it was once tough for the tortoise to cowl that distance on foot.
So the tortoise put up a vibrant idea. He said, "Why now not deliver a robust stick? I will keep the stick in the middle with my enamel and you two preserve each the ends of the stick in your beaks. In this manner, I can additionally journey with you."
Hearing the advice of the tortoise, the geese advised him, "It's a very appropriate idea. We will do as you say. But you will have to be very careful. The hassle with you is that you are very talkative. And if you open your mouth to say something, whilst we are flying, it will honestly show to be harmful to you. So, do not discuss whilst you are dangling by way of the stick, in any other case you will lose your maintain and go crashing down on the floor and die."
The tortoise understood the good judgment and promised no longer to open his mouth throughout the whole journey. So the geese held the stick ends in their beaks and the tortoise held the stick in the center with his tooth and thus, they started out their lengthy journey.
They flew over hills, valleys, villages, forests and sooner or later got here over a town. While they have been flying over the town, men, girls and young people got here out of their homes to see this peculiar sight. The adolescents started out shouting and clapping. The silly tortoise forgot that he used to be placing precariously. He grew to be so curious to understand the motive at the back of these clappings that he opened his mouth to ask his friends-"Friends, what is this all about?" But as quickly as he opened his, mouth to utter these words, he loosened his keep on the stick and fell down on the floor and died instantaneously.