One day, a greedy rabbit was eating hungrily in a green meadow on a hill. He felt too hungry and weak even to get himself more carrots. "I'll make that tortoise get me some carrots," he thought.

He put off the tortoise's shell and wouldn't give it back."Please give me back my shell," said the tortoise."Only if you get me some carrots," said the rabbit.

So the tortoise went to the storekeeper. "Please give some carrots to the rabbit," he said. "Then the rabbit will give me back my shell."

"Only if you get me some money," said the storekeeper.

So the tortoise went to the banker. "Please give some money to the storekeeper," he said. "Then the storekeeper will give some carrots to the rabbit and the rabbit will give me back my shell."
"Only if you get me a house," said the banker.

So the tortoise went to the developer. "Please give a house to the banker," he said. Then the banker will give some money to the storekeeper, the storekeeper will give some carrots to the rabbit and the rabbit will give me back my shell."

"Only if you get me some house buyers," said the developer.

Now the developer used the tortoise picture to attract house buyers. The house buyers give money to the developer, and the developer gives the house to banker, the banker gives some money to the storekeeper, then the storekeeper gave the rabbit some carrots, then the rabbit gave the tortoise back his shell. Tortoise clawed for joy all the way home.

As for the rabbit, he had his carrots at last, but he was still not content. "Now, how doesn't that green meadow grow carrots?" asked the rabbit as he looked down the meadow. So the rabbit went down the hill, tired and unhappy, because there was no longer any carrots for him.