Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.183

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**2. Kacchapa Jātaka** (No. 215).—The story of a tortoise who became friendly with two geese living in the Cittaḳūṭa mountain. One day the geese invited the tortoise to their abode, and when he agreed they made him hold a stick between his teeth, and seizing the two ends flew away with him. The children of the village, seeing them, started shouting, and the tortoise, being of a talkative nature, opened his mouth to reprimand them and fell near the palace of the king of Benares, crushing himself to death. The Bodhisatta, who was the king's minister, seized the opportunity for admonishing his master, who was an inveterate talker, on the virtues of silence.