THE STORY OF THE FOX AND THE TORTOISE

Once upon a time, a fox and a tortoise were friends. The area in which they lived has been hit by a severe drought so, they have decided to move in search of a better place to live in.

So, they have started their journey. They walked for miles and miles across valleys and deserts. Weeks have turned to months. Then all over sudden, the road they were travelling on divided into two, a black road and a white one.

On seeing this, immediately the fox thought the white road would lead to a better place compared to the other one.'I am traveling on the white road, you travel on the black one' she suggested so for the humble tortoise who accepted it. He decided to put his faith in the black one.

Each one parted ways with the other.

After traveling on the white road for a while, the fox found a half way poorly built shack with holes all over the walls and the roof. Meanwhile, the tortoise carried on with the journey on the black road up until he found a very beautiful house, very warm and very comfortable.

After several weeks, there was a heavy downpour. Rain water from up and its flood have filled the fox's house. It became wet and began to shiver in that it could not withstand the problems there. Thus, the fox decided to go the tortoise's house so as to deceive it and take its good house. 

Upon arrival at he beautiful abode of the tortoise, the fox cunningly said, 'Mr. tortoise, my house is better than yours. Mine has openings everywhere. If an enemy attacks, I have an exit every corner unlike yours which has only a door, no other opening. If an enemy comes through the door, there no other exit for you'. 

She asked him to accept exchange of houses. But he refused. The fox said, 'if an enemy attacks you, never request me for support'. But one night the fox climbed up a nearby mountain to the house of the tortoise and shouted at the top of its voice imitating like an enemy.

'Xoox, xoox, xoox, xoox'. The tortoise was very frightened. He could not sleep the entire night. The following night, the tortoise hurriedly came to the fox and told it, 'I have now accepted. So, let us exchange the houses'.

The fox has overtaken the nice house of the tortoise!

Questions:

1. Who was the tortoise's friend?

2. Why have they decided to move from where they initially lived?

3. Has the tortoise traveled on the white road or he traveled on the black one?

4. What kind of a house has the fox gotten?

5. How was the house the tortoise found?

6. Using your own words, can you explain how the fox persuaded the tortoise to hand over his house to the fox in exchange of hers?

7. What do you think happened to the tortoise after he handed over the possession of his house to the fox?

8. If you were the tortoise, what would you do?