Alice By Heart turtle Flashcards
“And soon, Alice found, she had cried herself into a pool of her own tears…”
Boo hoo! Boohooooooo.
Turtle? My Poor Turtle?
Turtle? Me? No, I am no longer a Turtle. Only a mock turtle.
Oh dear dear me.
You mock me!
Oh no no, I assure you.
Ahhh, if only you knew who I used to be.
A terribly grand turtle, I should think.
A baby grand, perhaps.
But what…
Such a salty story, really. I can’t tell it.
Really?
Not a word until I finish. Please.
Sorry. I don’t see how you can finish if you never start.
Once… Once… Once, when I - like you -
Not I.
When, like you -
Not me, yet.
Not yet you. When I had my Tortoise still with me… Well, we called him “Tortoise,” Because, of course, he taught us: Coral, Shells, and Fractions, Addition and Subtraction, Reeling and then writhing…
My friend and I, we read together in our garden, every day, but now all that’s been blown away.
Your garden? I’m talking about my entire coral reef! I’m floundering! You see, I-
Now, who is he?
A Mock Mock me. A mockery!
Mock Mock: I knew a tortoise too, you see.
But not like me.
And yet, it al began with me.
Nay, me!
In truth, he thought you were a drama queen.
Me?!
Ah, the life my Torty and I had, before the crash.
“Torty?”
You think you know from misery? My torty passed on my birthday!
Your Torty?
My Tortsy. Like the sea - so wise, so deep. Swallowed by a whale. Oy me!
Ayyyyyyyy meee! Ayyyyyy me! Ayyyyyyyyy meeeeeee!
Stop! Enough! No one has ever loved like me. I’ve lost everything. And now… I’ve lost him too.
You see, we are a we!
Don’t. If you never move forward…
You never have to leave your friend behind.
