Suddenly he remembered he had once seen a rabbit frisking about on a hill not far from the seashore, and he determined to set out to find it.
He crawled out of the sea and started up the hill. He climbed and he climbed, and after a while he came to the top, and there he sat down to rest.
Presently along came the rabbit, and it stopped to speak to him.
“Good day,” said the rabbit.
“Good day,” said the turtle.
“And what are you doing so far away from the sea?” asked the rabbit.
“Oh, I only came up here to look about and see what the green world was like,” answered the turtle.
“And what do you think of it, now you are here?”
“Oh, it’s not so bad; but you ought to see the beautiful palaces and gardens we have down under the sea.” The turtle began telling the rabbit about them, and he talked so long and said so many fine things about them, that the rabbit began to wish to see them for himself.