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however, they agreed to hand over the small turtle to Vibot. While holding the
small turtle in hand, Vibot looked at it carefully. He was so surprised as he saw the
shell of the turtle came radiant which was different from others. Then, the fisherman
laid the turtle down next to the edge of sea. The small turtle bent the head down to
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huge turtle from the surface of the sea near his boat and bowed the head to show a
respect to the fishelman and said, "Hi gentleman, I'm here to say thank to you for
helping to rescue a small turtle yesterday; moreover, my master, the King of Dragon,
ordered me to come and invite you to the Royal Palace in order that he can express
his gratitude to you by himself. Please come and ride on my back and I'll bring you
there." Vibot, in such a moment, was so surprised together with excitement and he
made a quick decision to leave his boat and got onto the back of the turtle. Then,
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waves of the sea. The Princess claimed that "[ have never left the Royal Palace. But
I want to see the people on earth, [ metamorphosed into a small turtle and swam to
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suddenly. The times have consequently passed; Vibot lived in the Royal Palace
under the sea with the wonderful life. The Princess honestly accepted Vibot as her
husband. All servants served all needs of Vi bot.
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mother and other relatives in the village that made him feel anxiously at that time.
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the Princess to visit his family. The Princess reluctantly agreed and provided
a golden-colored box to him with the message "Please don't open this box,
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could see the roof of his home in his village. When he reached the
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villager looked at him doubtfully and surprisingly, then replied, "His home had
become old and collapsed so long time ago. When I was young, I used to listen to
my grandfather narrating a story of my great grandfather. He narrated that in one
morning Vibot went to fish as usual. Since he had left his home, he was not seen
coming back home. Only his boat was seen and no one knew the cause of .
disappearance. All villagers assumed that he might be caught by vicious sea
creatures." After listening to the story till the end, Vibot thanked the villager and
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am I still young?" Meanwhile, he felt so lonely and he looked at the golden box
that he brought with. As Vibot forgot his wife's advice, he opened the cover of that
box gently. Suddenly, the white smoke came out from the box and Vibot rapjdly
became a very old man with white hair and white beard.

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the sea "My honey, you cannot open this box because I can help make you remain
young forever. But.... I would like to say goodbye to you." After that, Vibot, who
became an old person, only heard the sound of waves hitting the beach near his
feet. The End
(Promise Is a debt.)