按：女儿喜欢写童话，答应我在二十岁前，会写出比郑渊洁更棒的童话给我。

Long, long ago in Singapore, there lived a poor fisherman and his wife.

One day, the fisherman saw a big turtle crying on the shore, the kind fisherman asked what happened, “My eggs were eaten by snakes and now I couldn’t find a safe place to lay eggs!” she answered. The clever fisherman thought of a good idea.

The next day, the fisherman and his wife went to the shore, they saw the turtle again. His wife was the first to dig a hole with her hands and put the eggs inside, the fisherman covered the eggs with sand so the snakes will not see it. The turtle saw what they did and realized it is a great idea.

After that day, the fisherman’s wife started to protect the eggs from the snakes.

A month past, when the wife dug a hole again, she saw that there was an old and messy box in the sand, after she cleaned the box, she saw it’s a treasure box, there were many gold inside! She felt very happy and surprised.

Finally, the turtle’s babies were safe now, how happy they were!

The fisherman and his wife were glad to help the turtle. “Thank you so much!” The turtle said.

Then the fisherman and his wife bought the shore where they buried the eggs. From that day on, the shore is called “Turtle Cove”.

They lived a happy and perfect life.

The fisherman with his wife helped the turtle and become rich. So, helping others is rewarding.

Copyright ©2011 by Angelina D. Yang, Grade 4, Beijing ZhongDe School