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All right, he said. I’ll go. But promise not to eat up the chapattis

while I am away.

Father and Mother tortoise

promised.

e baby tortoise went off to

fetch the chutney. Father

tortoise nodded off as he lay

back on the grass. Mother

tortoise put on her spectacles

and studied the owers

nearby.

An hour passed and then a day. e weeks passed and a month

went by. e months became a year. Baby tortoise did not return.

Father tortoise said, I am feeling a little hungry. Do you think we

can have a nibble at one of the chapattis?

Mother tortoise opened the picnic basket and began to take out a

chapatti. Just then they heard a loud shout. ey looked up to see

Baby tortoise coming out from behind a large bush.

‘Aha!’ cried Baby tortoise, as he came near. I knew you would cheat.

It’s a good thing that I didn’t go home for the chutney. I knew you

would eat the chapattis when I was not here. Aer hearing this

father and the mother got annoyed .

nodded off - to fall asleep , nibble - pick over, take small bites, annoyed - angry, Irritated.

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