<center>The Fall of The Talkative Turtle</center>
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<center>**Don't you know how the shell of the turtle came to be? Way back then the turtle has a very shiny shell and you can even use it as mirror.**<center> 

<center>**Aside from being proud  of its shell, it is the most talkative creature among all animals in their community, it does all the talking that no one  can insert into the conversation, talking about its adventures, places he visited, all others animals just listen because they were not given a chance to tell their own story and he never ran out of story.**</center>

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<center>**One day beside the lake while he's talking to his friends he heard some  Egrets talking about the nice places they've been, a very fantastic place with lots of food. The turtle listen to their story for the first time he shut his mouth.**</center> 

<center>**Aha! He was interested in the story of the Egret. "Can I join you guys?" said the turtle.**</center> 

<center>**The Egrets look at each other. " Yes you can," said the Egret, but the problem is, "you can't fly the place is so far from here".**</center> 

<center>**The Egret talk to each other until they come with an idea, If you can hold your talking while on our trip, then maybe we can take you to other places with us said the Egret, "yes I will" said the turtle.**</center> 


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<center>**So the Egret got a stick and said, " you are going to bite the stick in the middle while the two of us at both ends, remember do not talk or you will fall.**</center>

<center>**They started to fly, at first, the Turtle enjoys flying in the air, but it takes them long flying to their destination, the Turtle lost his patience and started to complain before he finishes a word he's already falling, the two Egret can't help but watch the Turtle falling.** 

<center>**Upon reaching the ground its back hit on the rock. Aghh!! Cries the turtle, cracks are formed on its shell, from then on turtles have no longer shiny shell.**</center>

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<center>_Pardon my illustration, it's the best I could do..frustrated cartoonist here._</center> <center>_Note: This story came from a Filipino fable(I loved this when I was a kid) that I translated into English so I could share it to all Steemians._ </center>

<center>_Again Rex here, aka @allmonitors._ **Namaste**!</center>https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmcGTgE9ztQ7QmWESyE7uVqLrUqfbAa1fsTCod6dmsFYjP/1.gif
<center>_[credit to gif owner]_</center>