Tortoise saw all these preparations and soon discovered what it all meant.
Nothing that happened in the world of the animals ever escaped his notice,- he was full
of cunning. As soon as he heard of the great feast in the sky his throat began to itch at
the very thought. There was a famine in those days and Tortoise had not eaten a good
meal for two moons. His body rattled like a piece of dry stick in his empty shell. So he
began to plan how he would go to the sky."