Don't bother to talk !

Submitted into Contest #95 in response to: Write about someone finally making their own choices.... view prompt

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     Three friends lived by a pond. A tortoise and two storks! The three had a very close friendship. They did not find peace until they met. The two storks would bring the news from here and there every day and in the evening would sit with the turtle and comment on all the news. The tortoise looked very serious, but it was full of two flaws. The first was that he talked a lot and the second was that he got angry very quickly. Both storks were very intelligent. They always persuaded the tortoise to change his habits, but their words had no effect on the tortoise. The tortoise always gave the same answer that ... "I don’t bother to talk…!”
             Summer days have come! The water in the pond began to dry up. The three friends began to worry about the water receding into the pond. As the water level in the pond dwindled, so did the fish and the surrounding grasshoppers. The three friends were hungry for food! What to do now Summer has just begun! This season will last for another three months! Then we will starve to death! The three of them became confused by the thought. The three of them suggested that now we have to find another place!
             One morning both storks flew to see the surrounding area. They searched the whole region everywhere. Then they find a beautiful pond. When they returned two hours later, they were very happy. The tortoise asked ... "Brother, tell me, what did you two find right?"
             The first stork said ... "Hey dude, what a wonderful news! You'll hear it and you'll be amazed ..."
             The tortoise said, "Well? What's the matter?"
             The other stork said ... "Brother Turtle! From here you can see the mountain and there is a big pond behind it! ... There are lots of fish! ... There is a lot of green grass around ... and that place is very not far ... just behind that mountain! "
             The tortoise said ... "Wow! What a great news! Let's go there today!"
             The first stork said ... "That's right! There's no point in stopping here now! Let's go today!"
             The three friends decided to leave today. When it was time to leave, they remembered how to go? The two storks will fly away with pleasure, but what will happen to the turtle? ... How will he go ?... And even if he goes out on foot in his own way, when will he reach the back of the mountain? ... All three were terribly upset! What to do now? They didn't understand! They finally postponed his visit today!
             The next morning, the three of them sat in complete silence, meditating about the ways to go there. The monkey sitting on the Neem tree was watching all this. He came to them and asked ... "What's the matter? Why are you looking so upset? Is there a problem ...?" 
             The tortoise raised his sad face and said ... "Brother Monkey! Actually, the three of us want to go from here to the other side of the mountain, to the big  pond! We were just thinking about that ..." The monkey started laughing ... And then he said ... "What's so significant about a goat's head?... When you guys have decided to go there, get up and go...!” 
             The tortoise got angry on hearing the monkey's laughter. He said wearily ..." Is it so easy to go there? ... These two storks will fly away ... How do I go ...?”
             Hearing this, the monkey also became serious. Now he understood the real problem. He also sat down to think with the three of them. After a while, he suddenly jumped for joy. "I got an idea ... you three can go there together ...!" Said the monkey dancing happily. 
             The three of them were watching him in amazement! ... The first stork said ... "Hey brother monkey! Will you keep dancing or will you tell us what idea came to your mind!"
             The monkey fell silent. He approached them and sat down. He said softly ... "Look, let me tell you an idea ... I will take a strong piece of wood. Holding this wood firmly in the middle ... then these two storks will take you and fly away ... and you three will reach that pond!”
             He looked at all three in turn with eager eyes. All three were looking at him with open mouths in surprise. Then the first stork said ... "Great! What's the matter! That way we can go anywhere with pleasure!"
             The tortoise's mouth swelled. He said ... "Brother Monkey! Your idea is nonsense! These two storks will catch this wood in their beaks, how can I catch that wood?"
             The monkey said ... "Hold it with your teeth in your mouth too ...!"
The tortoise looked a little hesitant. Then he gently nodded and said ... "If I hold a stick in my mouth, how can I talk to both of them?"
             The tortoise's words made them all laugh. A stork approached him and laughed and said ... "Brother Turtle! ... we are tired of telling you to talk less ... just talk as much as is necessary ... now if you have to walk that way safely, learn to be quiet" Will have to say ... say yes ...? “The tortoise made a bad face and then he started shaking his head! The three of them laughed when they saw him!
             The monkey brought a strong piece of wood. The two storks gripped the two ends of the stick tightly. The tortoise gripped the wood tightly in its mouth with its teeth. The monkey shouted ... "Get ….Set ….Go…!" ... he said and the three of them flew away.
             Now a days, they built their own houses by the side of that large pond, behind that beautiful mountain. This is how all three of them fly every evening nowadays! The important thing is that now the tortoise does not get angry and he does not talk much!

May 28, 2021 14:37

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