BABY TURTLE
Added on: 25th Aug 2016
A BABY TURTLE WAS STANDING
AT THE BOTTOM OF A LARGE TREE
AND WITH A DEEP SIGH
STARTED TO CLIMB.
ABOUT AN HOUR LATER,
HE REACHED A VERY HIGH BRANCH
AND WALKED ALONG TO THE END.
HE TURNED AND SPREAD ALL
FOUR FLIPPERS AND LAUNCHED
HIMSELF OFF THE BRANCH.
ON LANDING AT THE BOTTOM
IN A PILE OF SOFT, DEAD LEAVES,
HE SHOOK HIMSELF OFF,
WALKED BACK TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE TREE AND WITH A
SIGH STARTED TO CLIMB.
ABOUT AN HOUR LATER,
HE AGAIN REACHED
THE VERY HIGH BRANCH,
WALKED ALONG, TURNED,
SPREAD HIS FLIPPERS AND
FLUNG HIMSELF OFF THE BRANCH.
AGAIN, HE LANDED ON THE BOTTOM,
SHOOK HIMSELF OFF,
WENT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TREE,
SIGHED AND STARTED CLIMBING.
WATCHING THESE PROCEEDINGS
FROM THE END OF THE BRANCH
WERE TWO BIRDS.
THE MOMMA BIRD TURNED TO
DADDY BIRD AND SAID,
"DON'T YOU THINK IT'S TIME
WE TOLD HIM HE WAS ADOPTED?"
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