Pride goes before a fall

Read how Tortoise tries to outwit the Elephant and Lion to become King.

A popular African folktale about the wise animal, Tortoise. It takes us through his quest towards becoming the King of the animal Kingdom. First, he has to prove his wisdom over the strength and size of his contenders. The story is retold using a combination of graphical illustrations, voice and text narrative.

Select from three options to view:

- Read to me: the app is read aloud to you

- Read myself: you read through the text narrative without the voice

- Auto Read:the story is read out and pages auto-change after each scene is complete

Also, take advantage of some features as:

- Click the on-screen text icon to remove the text narrative. Click again to add.

- Mute the voice narrative at any point during the story

- Swipe the screen to change pages or simply use the on-screen arrows

- Click the on-screen repeat button to repeat any scene.