HOW THE SEA TURTLE GOT ITS SHELL

How the sea turtle got its shell

By Loick Potter

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CHAPTER 1

In the beginning, when the world was new, all the animals from the sea protected themselves and lived in happily. However, the turtle didn’t have anything to protect himself all he would do is collect food in his bear green wrinkly skin. If any animal tried to persuade him to get something protective all he would say is,” No,” just,” No.”

Early on Wednesday morning, a crab- slow, cautious and old- came over to the turtle and uttered.” Hello turtle- what do you think you are doing out here with nothing to protect you?” he stopped and looked at the turtles back.” Why don’t you get some shells to put on your back?”

“No, I’ll survive.” Replied the turtle munching on some sea weed.

“You’ve been warned!” The crab muttered as he scurried away.

Moments later, a lobster appears in his way,” Good day to you sir,” said the lobster in a fine tone,” And what do you think you are doing out here without any protection to help you – how about I find something for you to wear, let me ju…”

“No, I’ll be fine loyal lobster.” Whispered the turtle trying to find some food.

“Humph! You could have just said no thank you!” The lobster told the turtle as walked into the distance.

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In the beginning, when the world was new, all the animals from the sea protected themselves and lived in happily. However, the turtle didn’t have anything to protect himself all he would do is collect food in his bear green wrinkly skin. If any animal tried to persuade him to get something protective all he would say is,” No,” just,” No.”

Early on Wednesday morning, a crab- slow, cautious and old- came over to the turtle and uttered.” Hello turtle- what do you think you are doing out here with nothing to protect you?” he stopped and looked at the turtles back.” Why don’t you get some shells to put on your back?”

“No, I’ll survive.” Replied the turtle munching on some sea weed.

“You’ve been warned!” The crab muttered as he scurried away.

Moments later, a lobster appears in his way,” Good day to you sir,” said the lobster in a fine tone,” And what do you think you are doing out here without any protection to help you – how about I find something for you to wear, let me ju…”

“No, I’ll be fine loyal lobster.” Whispered the turtle trying to find some food.

“Humph! You could have just said no thank you!” The lobster told the turtle as walked into the distance.

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“I’ll be fine swordfish!” Said the turtle for the last time.
“Ok, see you around, weeeeeeeeeeeee!” In a flash, the sword fish had sped into the far ocean.

One day, when the turtle was out trying to find some food, he saw a fish staring at him from a distance. At first, he thought it could be the swordfish but it’s far too big to be him. Then as soon as he turned his back on the creature it attacked. One look up close he realised it was a shark. Flesh ripping teeth, elongated mussel and large fins. Its teeth ripping through the skin of the turtle and blood engulfed the surrounding water. Scared, exhausted, injured, the turtle swam away from the shark.

He was bleeding tremendously and didn’t quite know what to do. When he reached his large crack in the wall, he lay on his floor sleeping for several hours.

After months of sleep, he was finally awake and was trying to find some food because he was starving. But doing so he found an enormous shell in the shallow water and had an idea. He remembered that the other animals said he needed something to protect him to survive, but he didn’t listen. He went and picked up the shell and tried it on. It fit perfectly.

Again, the turtle went out to find some food for lunch. Moments later, the turtle realised the shark was back and was charging right at him. To his surprise, when the shark bit on him he didn’t feel anything. No blood. No pain, and when the shark bit harder he actually lost a tooth. It worked. When he escaped he wasn’t injured in the slightest.

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Then, from that day forward the turtle always has a shell for protection; he never got properly injured again. Also if you search near the bottom of the Pacific ocean you can still see the sharks broken tooth.

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Then, from that day forward the turtle always has a shell for protection; he never got properly injured again. Also if you search near the bottom of the Pacific ocean you can still see the sharks broken tooth.

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