Once, a river was full of many sea creatures. Sometimes, the river used to be dry and sometimes the river used to be full of water.
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Now, the sea creatures knew by instinct when there would be drought and when there would be rainfall.
Now, there came a time when there was going to be drought. So, the sea creatures left the river and went away to greener pastures. But a tortoise did not leave the river. He said, “I was born here and my parents also lived here, so I cannot leave this river.”
When the river dried up, the tortoise buried himself in the clay.
Just then, a potter came to take some clay. His spade hit the tortoise.
The tortoise cried, “Ouch! I made a mistake in staying here. This is not a safe place anymore. It is useless to cling to things.
One should move on in life.” Saying so, he ran away as fast as he could.