Once upon a time, a turtle and two swans were good friends. One year, there was no rain at all and the pond dried up. The turtle made a plan and told the swans, "please look for a stick. I will hang on the center with my teeth as both of you hold the two sides of the stick and ferry me it another pond."
The swans said, "you have to keep your mouth shut all the time. Otherwise, you will crash to the ground."
When everything was ready, the swans flew off with the turtle. People who saw this sight exclaimed, "look, how clever the swans are. They are carrying a turtle."
In trying to respond that it had been his idea, the turtle opened his mouth and fell to the ground, and dies.
Moral - A stitch in time saves nine