Once upon a time, some children found a turtle and began to beat the turtle. a young man came and told them, "Stop!" they ran away quickly .The turtle was very thankful and said, "Thanks I really would like to invite you to a wonderful palace now."
The young man rode on the back of the turtle and wentto the secret palace in the sea. When he arrived at the palace. He was very surprised and said "What a nice palace!" To thank him, the king of the turtles gave him a big dinner. He had never seen such a dinner before. He received a warn welcome there and was pleased with everything.
After dinner, the king of the turtles said, "I am going to give you two boxes, 16 you can open only one." "You mustn’t open both. Don’ t forget it!" the turtle warned him. "All right. I will open only one," the young man promised. At this time,a large wave sent him out of the sea.
After he 17 , he opened the bigger one of the two boxes. To his 18 the box was full of gold. "My God!" he cried, "I'm a(n) 19 man now." Then he thought, "Things in the other box must be expensive, too." He could not wait any longer. He broke his promise and opened the other box. As soon as he opened it, he became an old man. His hair turned white. His face 20 an old man over eighty years old. It all happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he did, but it was too late.