The story of a tortoise

Once upon a time, there lived a tortoise in far-far-away land. It lived with a few tortoises in a nice and cozy home and it had its own corner in the little home. It had a nice bed and a pretty-looking carpet. Everyone who visited this little home would look at the carpet and say, "What a pleasant carpet! It's looks so pretty and so welcoming and so cheery!" Only the tortoises who lived in the house noticed the little fraying corner at one side of the carpet and the little black patch at another corner (well, accidents do happen... ink/coffee/milo spills have left its mark there). And only the tortoise knew that the carpet isn't all as pretty as it seems. Of course, there're the stains that come with time and accidents... but there's also something else. There's dust beneath the carpet. This tortoise, being a tortoise, sweeps things under the carpet all the time. It's a jiffy way of cleaning up its room. At first, the tortoise vacuumed and cleared things up and all. But it was tough... and tiring too. Soon, it learnt how it could keep things all nice and easy by sweeping them under the carpet. And it became a habit... ah well, all still appeared well. And when all was well, all was peaceful and all was good. What's so bad? Of coz nothing's bad. Until... the amount of dust gathered was so overwhelmingly great that the carpet started to be uneven to step on.... and several tortoises tripped over the carpet! PooF SpOOf! More clouds of dust from the carpEt! ArcHOoo! aRgH! PoOoof! The nice carpet wasn't so nice anymore... it looked ugly with all the dust flying everywhere everywhere everywhere! And the tortoise was upset, guilty and angry at itself for not sweeping and cleaning its room properly. If only it had settled the dust problem properly, this little pOoofy dust explosion wouldnt have happened. The situation now looked bad. There's dust everywhere... and it knew that it was time for him to clear the air and everything before it's too late...

Moral of the story: Don't be a tortoise. Don't always sweep things under the carpet. Clear the air and solve the problem.