Can I use the pronoun 'he'in this faire tale? May I use the animate pronoun 'he' instead of 'it' in this fairy tale? It happened at the time when a tortoise had a wife. The wife couldn't give birth to a son for a long time. That upset them too much. One day the tortoise was sitting and found an announcement (story?) of the teacher who lived in the town close to their one. He (It?) packed his (its?) things and went to the town alone to meet with the teacher. When he arrived there, he took out everything that he had with himself and told the teacher about his (its?) problem. Then before giving a medecine the teacher demanded five shilings, one cock and a bottle of palm oil. The teacher also warned that he shouldn't eat the medecine he'd given him when he would be at home. But when the tortoise was on his way home, he opened the bowl with the medicine and scooped out a bit of it. He found the medicine very tasty and ate it up immediately leaving nothing to his wifeThen the tortoise got pregnant. His belly was getting bigger and bigger month by month. When he noticed it, he started crying. He couldn't get rid of it alll by himself and decided to return to the teacher. He told him what happened, but the teached said that he didn't have an antidite and had warned him not to touch the medicine. Then the tortoise's belly was growing until it exploded. The tortoise died. because he couldn't deliver a baby.