 [credit](https://www.wbur.org/circleround/2018/09/25/the-tug-of-war-circle-round) <center>*once upon a time*</center> <center>*There were three friends*</center> <center>*The tortoise, elephant and the hippopotamus*</center> <center>*Their friendship was great but for one thing*</center> <center>*The elephant and the hippopotamus used to mock the tortoise*</center> <center>*They call him a small animal with small head, small hands, small legs and this do piss off the tortoise alot*</center> <center>*He decided to teach them a lesson*</center> <center>*He went to the elephant house and challenge him to a rope contest*</center> <center>*They are going to hold the end of the rope*<center> <center>*And he will drag the elephant into the sea with the rope*</center> <center>*The elephant laughed till he cry but still accepted the tortoise challenge*</center> The tortoise went into the sea to challenge the hippo too and she also agreed after lot of laughter <center>*On the day of the event, tortoise gave one rope to the elephant and told him to wait till he pulls before he start pulling*</center> <center>*He also went into the sea and gave the hippo the same instruction*</center> <center>*When the tortoise got to the middle of the rope, he drag it from both side and went to the top of a tree nearby to watch the two big friends as they pull each other with great force*<center> <center>*The forest shook and the sea also scatter as both giant creatures pulled and pulled*</center> The tortoise laughed and laughed and called both the animals a big fool <center>*When it was almost getting dark, both animals decided to come and beg tortoise that they agree that he is very strong despite his small nature and would never insult him again*</center> <center>*As tortoise saw the both of them, he quickly climbed down the tree and use a knife to cut the middle of the rope*</center> <center>*He held onto both side of the rope*</center> <center>*When the elephant and hippo saw him, they were shocked and said if the tortoise was to use his two hands to pull either of them, he would have won*</center> <center>*They bow down to him and promised never to mock him again*</center> <center>*He accepted their apology and since then, the two big animals respect the tortoise*<center>.... # Moral lesson - **Do not make jest of your friends because you look more better than them** https://img.esteem.ws/74g8ght0og.jpg # GOD BLESS
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