17/06/2024
THE TORTOISES TEARS
A Short Moral Story.
Long, long time ago, an old magician called Odin visited the animal kingdom. He was the greatest and most powerful magician in all the worlds. He gathered all the animals and told them
"I want to give animals the gift of magic, making you able to become powerful magicians on your own. To gain the magical power, each animal will fetch me a bottle of salt water. However, I will cause the salt river to dry up in fifty minutes, so if you're not fast enough, the river will dry up before you even reach there to fetch the water, and you will lose out on this great opportunity. Your time starts now!"
Instantaneously, all the animals got their bottles and started running towards the salt river. They ran as fast as they could in order to reach there before the river dried up.
The first animal to reach the salt river was the cheetah. He was fast enough to reach there in twenty minutes. He quickly filled his own bottle and returned to the magician and he immediately gained the magical power. He began to dance with excitement.
The antelope was the second animal to reach the salt river. He was followed by the horse, then the lion, then the hare, then the kangaroo, then the ostrich, then the deer, then the zebra, etc. They all shouted in jubilation as they gained the magical power.
However, unfortunately for the tortoise, he was a very slow animal. He was moving at a slow speed and therefore was surprisingly far from the salt river. He kept moving and moving, never looking backward, until he finally reached there, but the river had already dried up.
All the animals began making fun of the tortoise for his slow pace. They laughed at him heartlessly and mocked him for missing out on the great opportunity.
Meanwhile, the tortoise covered his face and immediately began to shed tears. He cried and cried for a while, until his eyes became red and swollen. As he returned, he was still crying and approaching the magician.
Continues👇👇,
