Best friends, turtle and possum always enjoy eating persimmons together. On one outing they are joined by a clever wolf who takes turtles persimmons without his knowledge. The wolf pays the ultimate price as he chokes on the persimmon and dies. Turtle quickly claims the death of the wolf for himself and cuts off the wolfs ears as a customary tribute to the capture of the animals spirit. After making wolf-ear spoons, turtle begins to visit everyone and enjoy traditional corn soup reserved for visitors which is made only sweeter by the use of his wolf-ear spoons. Soon the marvels of his great hunting skills make their way back to the wolf pack who finds his boasting an insult to their fallen brother. They decide he must face his death and sentence him to a pot of boiling water which turtle cleverly avoids by claiming that the worst death would be a drowning in the river. As turtle is forcefully thrown into the river his plan goes awry as he lands on a rock before splashing into the water. His smooth shell is cracked into pieces which he later stitches together. Although his shell has grown strong over time, it still bears the lines where it was once cracked.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 15:38:12 +0000
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