Once upon a time, on the banks of a

Once upon a time, on the banks of a river, Turtle played her flute. When
Turtle played, lions, elephants, butterflies, snakes and monkeys danced to
Turtle’s music.
One day, a man heard Turtle’s music. “Ahh,” he thought. “That must be Turtle
making music. Turtle would taste very good right now.” So he called out:
“Turtle! Show me your beautiful flute.” Turtle slowly walked to the door and
held out her flute. But the moment the man saw Turtle, he grabbed her by
the neck and began to run. Turtle tried to cry for help, but she couldn’t make
a sound. She closed her eyes, holding tightly to her flute for good luck.
When the man reached his hut, he put Turtle into a cage and shut it. Then
he turned to his children: “Don’t let Turtle out of her cage.” And off he went
to the fields. The children began to play outside. Turtle sat very still inside
her cage, thinking about the father’s words. She began to play a sweet tune
on her flute, and the children ran to the cage. “Is that you playing, Turtle?”
they asked, their eyes wide with wonder. “Yes,” Turtle said. She kept on
playing, for she could see the children were delighted.