7.STORY

Bookbox: Turtle's Flute

Short description of this story:

It is a Brazilian folktale

on the banks of a river,Turtle played her flute

when Turtle played many animals danced to Turtle's music.

One day,a man heard Turtle's music.

The man catch the Turtle and put it into a cage and shut it

Turtle use her talent try catch children attention

and use some method let children open the cage.

at the last Turtle crawled off to ward the jungle

Nobody ever found Turtle again

3 words/phrases that I learn:

1.stiff(adj.)
Her legs were stiff from kneeling.

2.delighted(adj.)
I’m delighted that we have settled the matter.

3.cautioned(n.)
"Don't go too far,"the little girl cautioned ."

complete story:

A Brazilian folktale once upon a time ,on the banks of a river,Turtle played her flute.when Turtle played,lions,elephants,butterflies,snakes and monkeys danced to Turtle's music. One day,a man heard Turtle's music."Ahh,"he thought."That must be Turtle making music. Turtle would taste very good right now."o he called out:"Turtle!Show me your beautiful flute."Turtle slowly walked to the door and held out her flute.But the moment the man saw Turtle,he grabbed her by the neck and began to run. Turtle try to cry for help, but she couldn't make a sound.She closed her eyes,holding tightly to her flute for good luck.When the man reached his hut,he put Turtle into a cage and shut it. Then he turned to his children:"Don't let Turtle out of her cage."And off he went to the fields.The children began to play outside. Turtle sat very still inside her cage thinking about the fathers words.She began to play a sweet tune on her flute,and the children ran to the cage."Is that you playing,Turtle?"they asked,their eyes wide with wonder."Yes,"Turtle said. she kept on playing,for she could see the children were delighted.At last she stopped."I can dance even better than I can play," she said."Would you like to see?""Oh,please!" the little boy cried."I'll shoe you how to dance and play at the same time,"said Turtle."But you must open the cage.There is no room in here."So the little boy opened the cage and Turtle began to dance and play.The children laughed and clapped their hands,for never had they seen such a wonderful thing.Then Turtle stopped."Don't stop!"the childen cried."Oh,"Turtle groaned."My legs are stiff.If I could just walk a little bit to loosen them..." "Don't go too far,"the little girl cautioned."Come right back." "Never fear," said Turtle."You wait right here."Turtle crawled off to ward the jungle.The moment she was out of sight,she raced all the way back to her house.Nobody ever found Turtle again.But to this day, if you strain your ear,you can heard the sweet sound of a flute in the forest.