When they were above the treetops, the Tortoise wanted to say, "How high we are!" But she remembered, and kept still. When they passed the church steeple she wanted to say, "What is that which shines?" But she remembered, and held her peace. Then they came over the village square, and the people looked up and saw them. "Look at the Ducks carrying a Tortoise!" they shouted; and every one ran to look. The Tortoise wanted to say, "What business is it of yours?" But she didn't. Then she heard the people shout, "Isn't it strange! Look at it! Look!"英文原著 · 《How To Tell Stories To Children》
(11) sc. that the dolphin was really Apollo. (12) The epithets are transferred from the god to his altar `Overlooking' is especially an epithet of Zeus, as in Apollonius Rhodius ii. (13) Pliny notices the efficacy of the flesh of a tortoise against withcraft. In "Geoponica" i. 8 the living tortoise is prescribed as a charm to preserve vineyards from hail. (14) Hermes makes the cattle walk backwards way, so that they seem to be going towards the meadow instead of leaving it (cp. 345); he himself walks in the normal manner, relying on his sandals as a disguise.英文原著 · 《Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica》
Once upon a time, a Tortoise lived in a pond with two Ducks, who were her very good friends. She enjoyed the company of the Ducks, because she could talk with them to her heart's content; the Tortoise liked to talk. She always had something to say, and she liked to hear herself say it.英文原著 · 《How To Tell Stories To Children》
The Tortoise said she would not say a word; she would not so much as move her mouth; and she was very grateful. So the Ducks brought a strong little stick and took hold of the ends, while the Tortoise bit firmly on the middle. Then the two Ducks rose slowly in the air and flew away with their burden.英文原著 · 《How To Tell Stories To Children》
The Tortoise forgot everything except that she wanted to say, "Hush, you foolish people!" She opened her mouth,-- and fell to the ground. And that was the end of the Tortoise.英文原著 · 《How To Tell Stories To Children》
While I was writing this letter, a moist and warm afternoon, with the thermometer at 50, brought forth troupe of shell-snails; and, at the same juncture, the tortoise heaved up the mould and put out its head; and the next morning came forth, as it were raised from the dead; and walked about till four in the afternoon. This was a curious coincidence! a very amusing occurrence! to see such a similarity of feelings between the two phereoikoi (in Greek) for so the Greeks call both the shell-snail and the tortoise.英文原著 · 《The Natural History of Selborne》