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A tortoise,discontented with his lovely life
,and envious (feel jelous) of the birds he saw
disporting (amuse) themselves in the air, begged
an eagle to tache him to fiy.
The eagle protested that it was idle for him to try,
as nature had not provided with him wings, but the
tortoise pressed him with entreaties (earnest request)
and promises of treasure, insisting that it could only be a
question of learning the craft of the air.
So at length the eagle consented (agreed to) to do the
best he could for him, and picked him up in his talons. (claws).
Soaring (fly high) with him to great height in the sky he thenlet
him go, and the wretched tortoise fell headlong and was dashed
to pieces on a rock.