On the way the chief turtle met a man , who said to him : ` That woman who was to have been your wife has married another man ! ' ` Is that true ? ' said the turtle . ` Then I must see him . ' But as soon as the villager was out of sight the turtle stopped , and taking a bundle containing fringes and ornaments from his back , he hung them about him , so that they rattled as he walked . When he was quite close to the hut where the woman lived , he cried out : ` Here I am to claim the woman who promised to be my wife . ' ` Oh , here is the turtle , ' whispered the husband hurriedly ; ` what is to be done now ? ' ` Leave that to me ; I will manage him , ' replied the wife , and at that moment the turtle came in , and seized her by the wrist . ` Come with me , ' he said sternly . ` You broke your promise , ' answered she . ` You said you would be back soon , and it is more than a year since you went ! How was I to know that you were alive ? ' At her words the husband took courage , and spoke hastily : ` Yes , you promised you would go to war and bring back some prisoners , and you have not done it . ' ' I DID go , and made many prisoners , ' retorted the turtle angrily , drawing out his knife . ` Look here , if she wo n't be MY wife , she sha 'n' t be YOURS . I will cut her in two ; and you shall have one half , and I the other . ' ` But half a woman is no use to me , ' answered the man . ` If you want her so much you had better take her . ' And the turtle , followed by his relations , carried her off to his own hut . Now the woman saw she would gain nothing by being sulky , so she pretended to be very glad to have got rid of her husband ; but all the while she was trying to invent a plan to deliver herself from the turtle .
At length she remembered that one XXXXX her friends had a large iron pot , and when the turtle had gone to his room to put away his fringes , she ran over to her neighbour 's and brought it back .
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