East and North African folk stories: stories of turtles and world wisdom

once upon a time, there was a turtle who wanted to take over the world's wisdom and be the smartest man in the world; he wanted everyone, including kings and ministers, to come to him, no matter how small, to solve any problem.

he thought, in that case, he might be able to make a profit.

he went out to gather all the wisdom of the world, and whatever was gathered was put in a guillotine, and then he stuffed it with a roll of leaves.

when he felt that all wisdom had been gathered, he decided to hide it on top of a tall tree where no one could climb.

and he came to the tree, and tied a rope on his neck, and put a knot on both ends of the rope, and put it around his neck, and this twig lays before his belly.

he tried to climb up a tree, but he couldn't climb up because the twig was always blocking him.

he crawled for a while and couldn't get up, and he heard someone laughing behind his back.

he turned his head and saw a hunter watching him.

"friend," the hunter said, "if you want to climb up to the top of the tree, why don't you hang that thong back there?" when he heard that advice, it became clear to him that at least a lot of wisdom remained in the world, and he thought that all the wisdom of the world had been gathered.

the tortoise felt that his job was a waste of effort and agitated, and threw the smart ass to the ground.

the twilight fell under the tree, and a small piece of wisdom spread throughout the world; if collected with heart, anyone could still find a little。