Why the tortoises shell is not smooth

Their hosts took him as the king of the birds especially as he looked somewhat different from the others. After kola nuts had been presented and eaten, the people of the sky set before their guests the most detectable dishes Tortoise had ever seen or dreamt of. The soup was brought out hot from the fire and in the very pot in which it had been cooked.

It was full of meat and fish. Tortoise began to sniff a loud. There was pounded yam and also yam pottage cooked with palm-oil and fresh fish. There were also pots of palm-wine. When everything had been set before the guests, one of the people of the sky came forward and taste a little from each pot. He then invited the birds to eat. The custom here is to serve the spokesman first and other latter.

They will serve you when I have eaten. He began to eat and the birds grumbled angrily. The people of the sky thought it must be their custom to leave all the food for their king. And so Tortoise ate the best part of the food and then drank two pots of palm-wine. So that he was full of food and drink and his body filled out in his shell. The birds gathered round to eat what was left and to peck at the bones he had thrown all about the floor. Some of them were too angry to eat.

They chose to fly home with on an empty stomach. But before they left each took back the feather he had lent to Tortoise. And there he stood in his hard shell full of food and wine but without any wings to fly home. He asked the birds to take a message for his wife, but they all refused.

In the end Parrot, who had felt angrier than the others, suddenly changed his mind and agreed to take the message. Parrot promised to deliver the message, and then flew away. Tortoise looked down from the sky and saw his wife bringing things out, but it was too far to see what they were.

A good folk tale and having a informative moral!!!!! I would like you to comment on my blog also my blogspot name is laraibzainab. Post a Comment. All of the birds have been invited to a feast in the sky. Tortoise, a good friend of seagull persuades the birds to lend him feathers to make wings so that he can attend the feast as well everybody loves free food.

When they arrive, Tortoise asks the hosts for whom thefeast is prepared. The birds, angry and disgruntled at receiving only scraps, take back the feathers that they had given to Tortoise so that he was unable to fly home. Tortoise persuades Parrot to deliver a message to his wife: he wants her to cover their compound with their soft things so that he may jump from the sky without danger.

Tortoise began to sniff aloud. Imagery 2: There was pounded yam and also yam pottage cooked with palm-oil and fresh fish. There were also pots of palm-wine. Mood: The mood of the story is to follow morals. I't makes you feel good that the turtle had fallen but sad because he did not die. Suspense 1: He then invited the birds to eat. Suspense 2: He asked the birds to take a message for his wife, but they all refused.

In the end Parrot, who had felt more angry than the others, suddenly changed his mind and agreed to take the message. Theme: Morals, the whole entire book is on morals, but as for the story, it shows why we should follow morals.

Symbol: [The Never Smooth Shell] - shows how the Tortoise will always remember what happened and how it will forever change him. Rising Action: The Tortoise deceiving the birds to go to the feast, saying his name was "All Of You" so he could eat all the food. Climax: When the bird tells his wife the opposite of what the Tortoise wanted, telling his wife to bring out all the hard things for his fall to the ground.

But there was a great medicine-man in the neighbourhood. Definition: having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion. Sentence: The Wolf was very cunning in his attempts to trick the little girl to giving him food. If we allow you to come with us you will soon begin your mischief. Definition: playful misbehavior or trouble making, especially in children. Sentence: The children were no strangers to causing mischief, they get into fights almost every day.