why chicken can't fly and turtle's shell aren't smooth

i was walking home from school through my usual path...
though am living in Egypt's capital...Cairo, "in a sense", i still feel like am back in my grandma's village...hehe
because i get to see donkeys, horses and even chickens being taken care of lovingly by the citizen...(one of the uniqueness in Cairo)...

well, last two days as a flock of hen ran pass me...i remembered a cartoon story where a man screamed over his escaping livestocks..."catch that bird!!!"..and suddenly a memory of about 10 years ago flickered through my mind...

i was in primary, and my bro and i used to spend our holidays at grandma's...she usually needed to tuck us in to make sure we sleep at night...hehe...everything and every time was game to me before...and to make us stay still in bed, she'd tell us bed time stories...

one of them was..."adeeq, liyana...do you wanna hear about chicken and turtle?"... (my grandma speaks malay though)
yes!!!...and we quickly get under the blanket nex to her...and my grandma begins~

long...long...time ago, chicken can fly...that is why they look like birds...it is told that birds need a special gold on their wings so they can fly...at that time, chicken used to look like any other birds...flying pleasantly...whenever they come down for food, they will keep their gold safely...

turtle on the other hand, cannot fly...and he was so amazed by flying creatures...he so wanted to fly himself...so, one day...turtle braved himself and went to ask chicken the secret of their flying ability...chicken told turtle the truth...

"to fly, u need to have the gold with you!"
"where can i get this gold?"
"i can't tell you, it is only for birds!"
"owh...you look really good when you fly...it must've been amazing!...can you take me with you?"
"no! that's ridiculous...you are too heavy!"
"can i borrow your gold then?...i really wanna know what it feels like to fly..."
"hmm...but how will you wear the gold? you don't have wings..."
"i'll put it in my mouth!"
"u uh -shaking his head- it will fall down if you open your mouth"
"oh please please please please please chicken...i promise i'll keep it safe! by the way, you are always known for your beauty and generosity!"
"urm...ok then...just for one time since you seem so excited, but however amazed you are, never open your mouth!"
"i promise!"

so chicken lent turtle his gold and put it in turtle's mouth...immediately, turtle was able to fly...he went up...up...up...and up to the open sky higher than the top of the tallest tree...the view was so splendid...
"how is it up there?" asked chicken...
excited and eager to express himself, turtle quickly replied..."fantastic!!!"

but woopss...turtle opened his mouth as he speaks, and the gold was thrown out from his mouth onto the grounds...without the gold...turtle lost the support on air...thus he began to fall...down...down..down...and crush!!!...he cracked his shell into tiny diamond-shaped crease...

chicken - my gold!!!

turtle - sorry...huhu

chicken, realizing that his gold had be thrown down onto the ground quickly went looking for it...pecking every few feet of his ground...but he never found it...so they never flew since the day turtle lost their gold...till today, the chickens are still pecking the ground searching for it....

so that was one of the countless bedtime story my grandma told us...

i did not remember the story precisely, but that's how it goes if am not mistaken...:D
a memorable fairy tale...hehe...