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28 Arrow-Puffin-3_Semester-1 EnglishThe next morning, at sunrise, the swans gripped the stick with their beaks. The tortoise hung from the middle with his jaws locked onto it.The swans flew for a long time. They passed some villages and towns. They could see people working in the fields.One of the men in the fields noticed the swans and the tortoise.He shouted, %u201cLook up there! There are two swans carrying a tortoise on a stick. How clever indeed!%u201dThe three friends looked down but said nothing.On and on they flew, and soon came to a small town. Once again, the people below noticed the strange sight in the sky.%u201cLook up there! Strange indeed!%u201d shouted a man.%u201cWhat clever birds!%u201d exclaimed a woman.The tortoise got angry on hearing this. %u201cI am the clever one. It was my idea. The swans are just flying,%u201d thought the tortoise.Now, he forgot where he was. He forgot the warning of the swans.He opened his mouth and shouted, %u201cYou silly people, this was my idea.............%u201d But he never finished the sentence for he fell down, down, down to the ground.Alas! that was the end of the talkative tortoise. The swans, however, flew on to another lake where there was plenty of water.valley: a low area between two hills tortoise: a slow-moving animal with a hard shell on its bodyswan: a white water bird with a long neckwaddle: walk with short stepschat: talkthirst: feel the need to drink watergrip: hold tightlyflap: to move from side to sidecrashing: fallinglocked: fixedwarning: to tell a person about a dangerWord Power