The tortoise and the ducks

The tortoise carried his house on his back. He couldn't leave his home. They thought that Jupiter punished him because he was lazy to go to Jupiter's wedding. Tortoise began to wish he had gone. He was sad seeing the birds fly. He wanted to see the world. One day he met a pair of ducks. He told them why he was sad. They helped him and told him to hold a stick and they would carry him in the air. He was so happy. The ducks went up in the clouds but the tortoise opened his mouth to say some words and he lost the stick. He fell on the ground.

The lesson: Foolish curiosity and vanity often result in misfortune.