And so it went until one day the giant turtle was awakened by the pain from the fires.  He wanted to cool himself, so he began to crawl toward the sea.  He did not hear the people cry, "Earthquake! Earthquake!" or see them run hither and yon.

所以有一天，大龟王从烧灼的痛苦中醒来了，它想要凉快自己，就开始往海里爬。但是它没听到人们哭喊着：“地震！地震！”也没看到人们四处狂奔着。