What is the moral of story The tortoise and the swans?

The turtle was also happy at getting all the attention. He was overjoyed and yelled to express his joy. But his joy was shortlived as he fell on the ground with a loud thud and was killed instantly. The moral of the story is, “One should speak only at the right moment.”

What idea did the tortoise have?

‘I have an idea’, was said by the tortoise. The idea was to bring a long stick. The two cranes would hold it at the either end of it with their beaks and the tortoise would hold the stick lightly in the middle with the mouth and then all three would fly away to the lake. 3.

Why did goose get angry at turtle?

He was frustrated that he couldn’t fly. Why did Goose get angry at Turtle? Turtle was rude and said he would be better at flying.

Who carried the tortoise?

One day they faced a huge drought and the lake in which they lived was drying up. They decided to leave the lake and look for a new lake. But the tortoise could not fly. So the geese thought of a plan, where by the tortoise would have to hold a piece of stick by its mouth which would be carried by the two geese.

What happened with tortoise at the end of the story?

The hare looked at the finishing line and saw the tortoise was almost there then the hare was determined to win the race. He just gathered up energy and ran with all his speed. To the tortoise dismay the hare had defeated him. Thus the hare proved that determination is more required than to be slow and steady.

How did the Swan and the turtle spend their time together?

Answer: The swans and the turtle spend their time together by telling stories to each other and exchanging news and gossips.

How did the birds teach tortoise a lesson?

African fables The tortoise, who is a West African trickster figure, hears of a feast to be given by the sky-dwellers to the birds and persuades them to take him with them, winged in their feathers. Instead the parrot tells her to bring out all the hard things so that when the tortoise jumps down its shell is broken.

What is the story of the tortoise in things fall apart?

Ekwefi tells Ezinma a story about a greedy, cunning tortoise. 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. Maliciously, Parrot tells Tortoise’s wife to bring out all of the hard things.

What is the moral lesson about the story of the Tortoise that wanted to fly?

And when the eagle saw that the tortoise would not be said Nay, she took him up a matter of steeple-high into the air, and there turn’d him loose th shift for himself. That is to say: She dropt him down, Squash upon a rock, that dash’d him to pieces. The Moral: Nothing can be either safe, or easy, that’s unnatural.