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- Story Listed as: Fiction For Kids
- Theme: Family & Friends
- Subject: Flash / Mini / Very Short
- Published: 05/31/2021
THE TORTOISE WHO WANTED TO GO FAST
Born 1946, M, from Harrington NSW, AustraliaThe farmer owned a large property and over many years he had cut down
many trees then one day he realised he was destroying where the small
creatures and birds lived so he decided to leave a large area down in
the gully were there were lots of trees and a small river and a pond just
for them. In the gully lived field mice, some rabbits, squirrels, a hedgehog,
two fat rats and lots of other creatures and birds. In the middle lived
a family of Tortoise and one they all called Big Ben because he was
bigger than his brothers and sisters. Every day when he got warmed up in
the sun he would wonder down to the pond to eat the juicy leaves from
the flowers that grow around the pond, this was the best part of his day,
then he would come back and pull his legs and head into his shell and
have a sleep. Then one day he was laying there watching the field mice
running around and the the squirrel running up and down the tree and he
thought to himself why can't I be that fast. The next day he did not feel
like going to the pond he just lay there watching all the other
creatures and how fast they were he started to fell sorry for him self
and wished he wasn't a Tortoise and so slow he wanted to be fast like
all the other creatures. Then he heard that little voice it was his best
friend little Billy the snail "where have you been I waited for you at the
pond and the leaves are nice and juicy whats wrong with you are you sick.?
Ben looked at him and said "I don't care about the juicy leaves anymore."
Billy crawled closer to him "you look like something is worrying you tell
me what it is." Ben looked up at the trees and said" I don't want to be a slow
tortoise anymore I want to be fast like everyone else." Then Billy thought
for a minute "well you are faster than me and the caterpillars and I think
you are faster than the old hedgehog." "No I just want to go fast like
everyone else. Then Billy said "why don't we go and see the owl he knows
everything and he will help you to go faster."
Ben agreed to go and started to walk away and Bill called out "stop I
can't crawl that fast, then he crawled up on his shell and called out "lets
go." When they got to the old tree they could see the owl was sleeping on
a branch so Billy called out "Hi mister owl." The owl opened one eye and
looked down at them then he opened the other eye "why did you wake me"?
Billy called out "can you help my friend he wants to go a lot faster he
dosn't want to be a slow tortoise anymore." The owl thought for a moment "I
got it go to the pond and eat some moss they say it has magical powers."
Ben looked up "I have been eating lots of that it has no magic power." Then
the owl turned his head right around and thought for a moment "what if you
lost some weight then you will be lighter and you probably go faster."
Billy called out "is that all you got." then the owl spread his wings "I have
got one more why don't you go and talk to the farmer." Then he flew away.
So off they went to see the farmer as they knew that he loved all the
little creatures in the gully when they got there they could hear him
hammering in the shed. They walked up to him and he stopped hammering and
looked down at them "I have never seen a snail on the back of a Tortoise before
what can I do for you" They told him that Ben wants to go faster the
farmer said "well that's a big shell all I can suggest is wheels he
looked around all I have here are tractor wheels and a old pushbike they
are all to big why don't you go round to the back of the barn theres a
big pile of junk theres some pram wheels and lawnmower wheels see what
you can find before it gets dark." They started looking and they did not
realise how dark it was then Billy said "we better sleep here tonight
and look around in the morning" Ben said "OK look there is a nice peace of
wood I will sleep on that he pulled his legs in and lifted his head up
and said goodnight." and Billy went back into his shell.
In the morning Ben woke up put his four legs out and called to Billy,
"wake up we have to keep looking" So he put his four legs on the ground
and started walking then he felt lighter and he seemed to be going a bit
quicker he called out to Billy "somethings wrong" Billy told him to stop
and crawled down and looked all around and crawled back up again and
told him that he had been sleeping on a skateboard Ben said "I love it
they went around and around the junk pile and started to go faster and
if he leaned right or left thats the way they would go. They went to the
farmer and he started to laugh "I thought I had seen every thing but
this is the first time I have seen a snail on the back of a Tortoise and
a Tortoise on a skateboard." Ben asked if he could have the skateboard the
farmer looked at it "if it makes you happy you can have it." They said good
bye and headed home. As they went along the dirt road Ben started to go
faster and faster Billy crawled to the front of the skateboard he
started to like this idea of going faster they went around some bends
and over some hills and started heading down the road and Billy saw the
two fat rats and called out to get off the road, the field mice were
crossing the road when they seen them and had to jump out of their way,
then the hedgehog called out to them but they were going so fast they
didn't hear him, then Billy saw it a large branch of a tree laying on the
road he yelled out "STOP STOP" Ben couldn't stop as he only practiced
to go fast he never thought about stopping and then they hit the branch. Ben
went flying into the air and landed on his back slid across the grass
and hit a tree, Billy crawled out from under the the skateboard and
checked his shell to see if it was damaged. Ben was laying on his back
when the two fat rats came running over and helped turn him over Billy
came over and said "I don't like going fast anymore." The field mice
arrived and the hedgehogsaid "what got into you Ben you nearly ran us over
you were going so fast now we will be frightened to go on the road." Ben sat
there and then he said "you don't have to worry about me going fast
anymore I would rather be myself and take my time and talk to all my
friends and wonder down to the pond and eat them nice juicy leaves." Billy
said "juicy leaves lets go." Ben started to walk to the pond and Billy
called out " wait for me I'm Not As Fast As You."
THE TORTOISE WHO WANTED TO GO FAST(Fred Buchanan)
The farmer owned a large property and over many years he had cut down
many trees then one day he realised he was destroying where the small
creatures and birds lived so he decided to leave a large area down in
the gully were there were lots of trees and a small river and a pond just
for them. In the gully lived field mice, some rabbits, squirrels, a hedgehog,
two fat rats and lots of other creatures and birds. In the middle lived
a family of Tortoise and one they all called Big Ben because he was
bigger than his brothers and sisters. Every day when he got warmed up in
the sun he would wonder down to the pond to eat the juicy leaves from
the flowers that grow around the pond, this was the best part of his day,
then he would come back and pull his legs and head into his shell and
have a sleep. Then one day he was laying there watching the field mice
running around and the the squirrel running up and down the tree and he
thought to himself why can't I be that fast. The next day he did not feel
like going to the pond he just lay there watching all the other
creatures and how fast they were he started to fell sorry for him self
and wished he wasn't a Tortoise and so slow he wanted to be fast like
all the other creatures. Then he heard that little voice it was his best
friend little Billy the snail "where have you been I waited for you at the
pond and the leaves are nice and juicy whats wrong with you are you sick.?
Ben looked at him and said "I don't care about the juicy leaves anymore."
Billy crawled closer to him "you look like something is worrying you tell
me what it is." Ben looked up at the trees and said" I don't want to be a slow
tortoise anymore I want to be fast like everyone else." Then Billy thought
for a minute "well you are faster than me and the caterpillars and I think
you are faster than the old hedgehog." "No I just want to go fast like
everyone else. Then Billy said "why don't we go and see the owl he knows
everything and he will help you to go faster."
Ben agreed to go and started to walk away and Bill called out "stop I
can't crawl that fast, then he crawled up on his shell and called out "lets
go." When they got to the old tree they could see the owl was sleeping on
a branch so Billy called out "Hi mister owl." The owl opened one eye and
looked down at them then he opened the other eye "why did you wake me"?
Billy called out "can you help my friend he wants to go a lot faster he
dosn't want to be a slow tortoise anymore." The owl thought for a moment "I
got it go to the pond and eat some moss they say it has magical powers."
Ben looked up "I have been eating lots of that it has no magic power." Then
the owl turned his head right around and thought for a moment "what if you
lost some weight then you will be lighter and you probably go faster."
Billy called out "is that all you got." then the owl spread his wings "I have
got one more why don't you go and talk to the farmer." Then he flew away.
So off they went to see the farmer as they knew that he loved all the
little creatures in the gully when they got there they could hear him
hammering in the shed. They walked up to him and he stopped hammering and
looked down at them "I have never seen a snail on the back of a Tortoise before
what can I do for you" They told him that Ben wants to go faster the
farmer said "well that's a big shell all I can suggest is wheels he
looked around all I have here are tractor wheels and a old pushbike they
are all to big why don't you go round to the back of the barn theres a
big pile of junk theres some pram wheels and lawnmower wheels see what
you can find before it gets dark." They started looking and they did not
realise how dark it was then Billy said "we better sleep here tonight
and look around in the morning" Ben said "OK look there is a nice peace of
wood I will sleep on that he pulled his legs in and lifted his head up
and said goodnight." and Billy went back into his shell.
In the morning Ben woke up put his four legs out and called to Billy,
"wake up we have to keep looking" So he put his four legs on the ground
and started walking then he felt lighter and he seemed to be going a bit
quicker he called out to Billy "somethings wrong" Billy told him to stop
and crawled down and looked all around and crawled back up again and
told him that he had been sleeping on a skateboard Ben said "I love it
they went around and around the junk pile and started to go faster and
if he leaned right or left thats the way they would go. They went to the
farmer and he started to laugh "I thought I had seen every thing but
this is the first time I have seen a snail on the back of a Tortoise and
a Tortoise on a skateboard." Ben asked if he could have the skateboard the
farmer looked at it "if it makes you happy you can have it." They said good
bye and headed home. As they went along the dirt road Ben started to go
faster and faster Billy crawled to the front of the skateboard he
started to like this idea of going faster they went around some bends
and over some hills and started heading down the road and Billy saw the
two fat rats and called out to get off the road, the field mice were
crossing the road when they seen them and had to jump out of their way,
then the hedgehog called out to them but they were going so fast they
didn't hear him, then Billy saw it a large branch of a tree laying on the
road he yelled out "STOP STOP" Ben couldn't stop as he only practiced
to go fast he never thought about stopping and then they hit the branch. Ben
went flying into the air and landed on his back slid across the grass
and hit a tree, Billy crawled out from under the the skateboard and
checked his shell to see if it was damaged. Ben was laying on his back
when the two fat rats came running over and helped turn him over Billy
came over and said "I don't like going fast anymore." The field mice
arrived and the hedgehogsaid "what got into you Ben you nearly ran us over
you were going so fast now we will be frightened to go on the road." Ben sat
there and then he said "you don't have to worry about me going fast
anymore I would rather be myself and take my time and talk to all my
friends and wonder down to the pond and eat them nice juicy leaves." Billy
said "juicy leaves lets go." Ben started to walk to the pond and Billy
called out " wait for me I'm Not As Fast As You."
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