The Turtle Riders

One time there were four boys who were
out in the woods playing. All of a sudden
they saw an enormous turtle go by.
The boys thought it would be fun to
get on that turtle and go
for a ride, so they all jumped on
and went riding. After a while they came
to an old man and he told them to get off,
that they shouldn't be riding
that turtle like that.
They didn't get off though.
They said they were having a lot of fun and that they wanted to ride that turtle some more.
The old man begged and pleaded
with them to get off.
He said that the turtle was headed
for the sea and that they should
get off right away; but the
boys said everything would be all right,
that if the turtle went into the sea,
they would jump off in plenty of time.
So they rode along
and the old man followed along behind.
When the turtle came to the sea the
boys decided to jump off, but they couldn't.
Their feet had got stuck to
the turtle and they were carried
down into the seas.
When the old man saw this he hurried
down to the seashore and made some medicine.
That medicine dried up the sea
and the boys were saved.