reading notes: the iguana and the turtle, part b

This story started out with the iguana and turtle being good friends that always go fishing together. The iguana invited the turtle to go to a different pond that he knew of. When the owner of the pond came out, the iguana got away, but the turtle did not. The owner took the turtle and tied him up. The turtle went to look for his friend and, when he found him, he found out that the old man wants him to marry his daughter. The iguana wanted to marry his daughter and took the turtle's spot. But, when the old man came back, he tried to hit him and he ran off. He came across his turtle friend again and he was listening to his grandfather rubbing two bamboo pipes together from a tree above. The iguana went up out of curiosity and got injured. 

The moral of this story is that one that believes foolishly will get injured. I honestly was very confused as to how anything in this story made sense. I felt as though it was sporadic and didn't flow well. This may be because it is such a short story and they tried to fit in main components without much room for explanation. 

I honestly do not think that I will use this for my story because it did not appeal to me as much as the first story I read. I find it interesting how, because of what I have been through and how I was raised, this story just didn't catch my attention. 

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Filipino Tales. Filipino Popular Tales: The Iguana and the Turtle by Dean S. Fansler.