People in the village started getting sick but no one knew why. "Why was there no more fish? Why was everyone sick? How can we stop all these bad things from happening?" the villagers wondered. One day, while Wayan was fishing, he fell overboard. He almost drowned, but a turtle saved him. The turtle's name was Bintang*. He said: "Climb onto my back. I'll take care of you." "Thank you turtle," Wayan said. "How can I ever repay you for saving my life?" "Well, maybe you can help me. My grandfather is 200 years old. He is the wisest turtle I know. He is very sick, and no one knows what to do. Maybe you can help him?" asked Bintang. (*Bintang means 'star'.) Bintang took Wayan to Turtle Town. Wayan thought that he would see lots of cute baby turtles, but no... he mostly saw plastic lying around everywhere. Bintang introduced Wayan to his grandfather. He was very, very sick an found it difficult to speak or breathe. Wayan saw something strange sticking out of Bintang's grandfather's nose.

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