A king once had a lake next to his palace, and he had two sons as well. One day some fishermen were fishing, and the two boys ran down to the shore to see the catch that the fishermen had. In the catch was a turtle, and the boys, who had never seen a turtle before, went to their father and told him that they had just seen a demon. The king ordered the guards to destroy the turtle somehow, and they tried to deicide how to kill him. An old man suggested they throw him into the lake where he would drown, and the turtle begged not to be thrown into the lake. When the king heard this he threw the turtle into the lake where he swam off in safety.
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