[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-detail-89643-en":3,"doc-seo-89643-105":29,"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":91},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",{"doc_id":7,"user_id":8,"nickname":9,"user_avatar":10,"doc_module":4,"category_id":11,"category_name":12,"doc_title":13,"doc_description":14,"doc_content":15,"file_id":16,"file_url":17,"file_type":18,"file_size":19,"view_count":20,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":11,"is_downloadable":11,"audit_status":11,"page_count":21,"language":22,"language_code":23,"site_id":24,"html_lang":23,"table_of_contents":25,"faqs":26,"seo_title":13,"seo_description":14,"update_tm":27,"read_time":28},89643,7971461740886,"Theodore","https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_3d24733baf745e90a7e4bdd5f77d97b2",1,"Story & Novel","How Turtle Cracked His Shell - English Story Book","A warm coming-of-winter adventure follows a turtle who wants to join migrating birds. When the birds finally agree, they lift him by a stick held in his mouth, but he loses grip and falls, cracking his shell. Hurt and discouraged, he hides in a pond and sleeps through the winter. In spring, he discovers the cracks become part of every turtle’s shell story, turning an accident into a lasting mark.","How Turtle Cracked His Shell  \nEnglish Story Book  \n1  \nOne autumn day, Turtle was talking with the birds. They said,“Winter is coming. Soon it’s going to be very cold here. We’re getting ready to fly south where it is warm.”  \n2  \n“Can I come with you?”asked Turtle.  \nAt first, the birds said,“No!”  \nTurtle pleaded,“There must be some way I can go with you!”  \nFinally, the birds agreed.  \n“Use your mouth to hold on tightly to this stick,” the birds explained.  \nTurtle did just that.  \nThen the two big birds grabbed the ends of the stick. Soon they were all high in the sky, including Turtle.  \n3  \n4  \nTurtle had never been so high off the ground before. He could look down and see how small everything looked. He wondered how far they had come, and how far they had to go.  \n5  \nTurtle tried to get the birds’ attention. He rolled his eyes at them, but they did not notice. He waved his legs too. Frustrated, Turtle opened his mouth to speak.  \nAt that moment, he let go of the stick and began to fall! He fell down from the sky and hit the ground hard.  \n6  \nTurtle’s body ached. He ached so much he did not notice that his shell had cracked all over. He crawled into a pond and swam down to the bottom.  \nThere he dug a hole in the mud and slept all winter long.  \n7  \nIn the spring, Turtle woke up. He was very proud of the cracks on his shell.  \nEver since then, every turtle’s shell looks like it has cracks all over it.  \nHow Turtle Cracked His Shell  \nby Joseph Bruchac Retold by Rosie McCormick Illustrated by Gail McIntosh and Barbara Gibson English narration by Mia Fothergill  \neBook layout and audio editing by SIL-Education for Life [www.mytalkingbooks.org](www.mytalkingbooks.org)  \nEnglish  \nCopyright © 2021, SIL-PNG Education for Life  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)  \nYou may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nThis work is based on an original work of the Core Knowledge® Foundation made available through licensing under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. This does not in any way imply that the Core Knowledge Foundation endorses this work.","cbCaitS5aUUnamGc","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitS5aUUnamGc","pdf",1140399,5,14,"English","en",105,"# One autumn day\n## Turtle tries to join the birds\n# The fall and winter\n## A cracked shell\n# Spring and the new shell pattern\n## Why turtles now have cracks","[{\"question\":\"Why does Turtle want to go with the birds in winter?\",\"answer\":\"The birds explain that winter is coming and they will fly south to find warmer places. Turtle asks if he can come with them.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Turtle end up falling?\",\"answer\":\"While flying high, Turtle tries to get the birds’ attention, but they do not notice. He then lets go of the stick and begins to fall, hitting the ground hard.\"},{\"question\":\"What happens to Turtle after he falls, and what does he learn in spring?\",\"answer\":\"Turtle crawls into a pond, digs a hole in the mud, and sleeps all winter. In spring, he wakes up proud of the cracks, and the story explains that every turtle’s shell now looks cracked all over.\"}]",1784286586,22,{"code":4,"msg":30,"data":31},"ok",{"site_id":24,"language":23,"slug":32,"title":13,"keywords":33,"description":14,"schema_data":34,"social_meta":86,"head_meta":88,"extra_data":90,"updated_unix":27},"how-turtle-cracked-his-shell-english-story-book","",{"@graph":35,"@context":85},[36,53,68],{"@type":37,"itemListElement":38},"BreadcrumbList",[39,43,47,50],{"item":40,"name":41,"@type":42,"position":11},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":44,"name":45,"@type":42,"position":46},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":48,"name":12,"@type":42,"position":49},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/story-novel/",3,{"item":51,"name":13,"@type":42,"position":52},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/how-turtle-cracked-his-shell-english-story-book/89643/",4,{"url":51,"name":13,"@type":54,"author":55,"headline":13,"publisher":57,"fileFormat":60,"inLanguage":23,"description":14,"dateModified":61,"datePublished":62,"encodingFormat":60,"isAccessibleForFree":63,"interactionStatistic":64},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":56},"Person",{"url":40,"name":58,"@type":59},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-07-27","2026-07-17",true,{"@type":65,"interactionType":66,"userInteractionCount":20},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":67},"ViewAction",{"@type":69,"mainEntity":70},"FAQPage",[71,77,81],{"name":72,"@type":73,"acceptedAnswer":74},"Why does Turtle want to go with the birds in winter?","Question",{"text":75,"@type":76},"The birds explain that winter is coming and they will fly south to find warmer places. Turtle asks if he can come with them.","Answer",{"name":78,"@type":73,"acceptedAnswer":79},"How does Turtle end up falling?",{"text":80,"@type":76},"While flying high, Turtle tries to get the birds’ attention, but they do not notice. He then lets go of the stick and begins to fall, hitting the ground hard.",{"name":82,"@type":73,"acceptedAnswer":83},"What happens to Turtle after he falls, and what does he learn in spring?",{"text":84,"@type":76},"Turtle crawls into a pond, digs a hole in the mud, and sleeps all winter. In spring, he wakes up proud of the cracks, and the story explains that every turtle’s shell now looks cracked all over.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":51,"og:type":87,"og:title":13,"og:site_name":58,"og:description":14},"article",{"robots":89,"canonical":51},"index,follow",{"doc_id":7,"site_id":24},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":92},[93,96,100,104,108,113,118,123,128,131,135],{"id":11,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":12,"show_sort_weight":94,"slug":95},90,"story-novel",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":97,"show_sort_weight":98,"slug":99},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":101,"show_sort_weight":102,"slug":103},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":20,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":105,"show_sort_weight":106,"slug":107},"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":109,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":110,"show_sort_weight":111,"slug":112},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":114,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":115,"show_sort_weight":116,"slug":117},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":119,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":120,"show_sort_weight":121,"slug":122},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":124,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":125,"show_sort_weight":126,"slug":127},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":126,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":129,"show_sort_weight":126,"slug":130},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":132,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":133,"show_sort_weight":132,"slug":134},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":136,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":137,"show_sort_weight":20,"slug":138},19,"General","general"]