Once upon a time, there were three tortoises who were friends.
  One of them was a large tortoise, one was a mediumsized
tortoise and the third was a small tortoise.
  One day they went into a restaurant and ordered some cake.
  While they were waiting for the cake, they remembered that they
hadn’t brought any money.
  “Hey, we forgot to bring money to pay for our cake,” the big
tortoise said.
  “The little tortoise can go home and get it,” the mediumsized
tortoise said. “He’s the youngest, so he should be the one
to go.”
  The little tortoise wasn’t very pleased with this, but he knew
he shouldn’t argue with his elders, so he said, “All right, I’ll go.
But you must promise not to eat my cake while I’m away.”
  The large tortoise and the medium-sized tortoise agreed,

and the little tortoise set off for home to get some money.
  A few days later, the big tortoise said to the medium-sized
tortoise, “Let’s eat the little tortoise’s cake. I’m hungry again.”
  “So am I,” the medium-sized tortoise said, and reached for
the cake.
  As she did so, the little tortoise shouted near the door of
the restaurant, “If you touch my cake, I won’t go get the money!”

             三只乌龟
  从前，有三只乌龟，他们是好朋友。
  他们分别是大乌龟，中乌龟和小乌龟。
  一天，他们来到一家餐馆并点了些蛋糕。
  等蛋糕时，他们才想起来谁也没带钱。
  大乌龟说：“嗨，我们忘带钱了，怎么结账啊？”
  中乌龟说：“让小乌龟回家取钱吧。他最小，所以应该他回去取。”
  小乌龟很不高兴，但是他知道争不过另外两只乌龟，就说：“那好吧！
我回去。但是你们必须答应我，在我离开的时候，不准偷吃我的蛋糕。”
  大乌龟和中乌龟都同意了，小乌龟就回家去取钱了。
  几天以后，大乌龟对中乌龟说：“咱们把小乌龟的蛋糕吃了吧！我又饿
了！”
  中乌龟说：“我也饿了。”说着说着，他就伸手去拿蛋糕。
  这时，只听见小乌龟在餐馆门口喊道：“如果你们敢动我的蛋糕，我就
不回去取钱了！”