A long time ago, Tortoise was walking through the jungle. As he leisurely crossed the river, he was chased out by Hippo, who was trying to take a nap. "Get out of here quickly, Tortoise!  Move, move!" he snapped.

Once Tortoise got out of Hippo's way, as quickly as he could, he crossed Elephant's path. "Look out Tortoise!  You are moving so slow that I almost stepped on you!" said Elephant.

This made Tortoise very grumpy. He was always being mistreated by all the other jungle animals.