Why tortoise's shell is not smooth

All of the birds have been invited to a feast in the sky. Tortoise, a good friend of seagull persuades the birds to lend him feathers to make wings so that he can attend the feast as well (everybody loves free food. lol). As they travel to the feast, the Tortoise tells the birds that his name will be “All of you.”(according to their custom they have to take a new name for the feast). When they arrive, Tortoise asks the hosts for whom thefeast is prepared. They reply, “For all of you.” Tortoise proceeds to eat and drink the best parts of the food and drinks. The birds, angry and disgruntled at receiving only scraps, take back the feathers that they had given to Tortoise so that he was unable to fly home. 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 allof the hard things. When Tortoise jumps, his shell breaks into pieces on impact. A medicine man puts it together again, which is why Tortoise’s shell is not smooth.

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Contributed by a friend of mine (12/20/07)
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Moral of the story:
1) dont take advantage of other people kindness
2) avoid being a smartass!