Zesru's+Myth

by Zesru
One day a long time ago turtles looked very different than today. They had long tails and no shells. They all swam in the ocean together. They swam and swam, but one little curious turtle came out of the ocean. Then a big bird swooped down, and it took him high in the air. He wanted to go back to the ocean, so he bit the bird and the bird dropped him, but his tail came off. He fell down and down all the way down to the ground, but luckily he was not hurt. Then he realized that he did not know where he was. He tried and tried to find his way home, but he got more lost.

Turtle said, “I need something on my back so that I will have protection from other animals.” So he found a pile of sticks, then he tried rocks but neither of them worked. He wondered all over the place looking to find something for his back, but he just kept getting more lost. He thought that he would never get home. Then he found a shelter, so he stayed there. He stayed for a long period of time but finally left. This time Turtle knew he was going the right way because he could smell the great smell of the ocean. He kept on walking because he was motivated. Then he found a perfect-shaped skull from a animal and he said, “This is perfect, praise the creator.”

Turtle continued to walk until it became night. Then he went inside his new shell and went to sleep. When he woke up, the smell of the ocean was so close that he could see it, and he ran to the ocean. When he got there, the smell was so overwhelming that he started to cry. When he saw all his turtle friends, he was very happy. All of his friends wanted to get shells like him, so he showed them where to get them. Now all turtles have shells to this very day and over time all their shells fused to their backs.

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