Having a shell on your back usually means you aren’t ever going to win any height contests. Nope. The trees will stay high and you will stay low and that is just fine by you both. Even though you and your cozy shell don’t prefer to do any actual climbing, it can still be niceContinueContinue reading “Day 227: The Tortoise and the Trees”
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Day 224: Tortoise Trains An Assistant
While it isn’t necessarily “normal” for shelled beings and shell-less beings to cohabitate, it can be a smart choice under certain circumstances. For example, let’s say you are born particularly cute. This means right from day one, your plate is full with evading paparazzi, posing for fan pics, foraging your meals and (of course) plentyContinueContinue reading “Day 224: Tortoise Trains An Assistant”
Day 221: Tiny Tortoise Grows Up
While there are lots of good things about arriving into this world in one of those popular small white round escape pods, there is one notable drawback. It’s not very big. Ergo, when you pop the hatch and take your first historic steps outside as a baby tortoise, you aren’t very big. This can makeContinueContinue reading “Day 221: Tiny Tortoise Grows Up”
Day 218: Tortoise Makes Friends With Cockatiel
“Cuteness” is a great way to make new friends. But when you are born very cute and have so many beings who want to be friends with you, it can take some time to get around to everyone on the waiting list. You do your best, of course, because that is just the kind ofContinueContinue reading “Day 218: Tortoise Makes Friends With Cockatiel”
Day 215: The Emotional Support Tortoise
When your little flock consists of one (perpetually nervous) feathered being, one (equally anxious) large shell-less being and two shelled beings, it doesn’t take advanced math to figure out who is there to support whom. Clearly, there is one shell for each of ’em! It also won’t take much time at all to discern thatContinueContinue reading “Day 215: The Emotional Support Tortoise”
Day 212: Tortoise Greets World
Every being comes into this world differently. If you have a shell on your back, you will arrive inside of a very small escape pod called an “egg.” Of course, there are pros and cons to this arrival method. On the pro side, once the hatchling tortoise escape pod launches, conveying you to your destination,ContinueContinue reading “Day 212: Tortoise Greets World”
Day 209: Tortoise Takes the Most Direct Route
For beings who prefer to move at a measured pace, the most direct route tends to be the most expeditious. Let’s say you are happily ambling along when, all of a sudden, you spy a green being up in the distance. Your cute little tortoise tummy rumbles and you realize you are actually in theContinueContinue reading “Day 209: Tortoise Takes the Most Direct Route”
Day 206: Tortoise Has Legs for Days
There is no doubt about it. The faster you can grow, the longer your legs will get. The longer your legs get, the better you will be able to reach previously inaccessible off-limits edibles…and outrun your large shell-less assistant to get to them. In situations where outrunning is not an option, by simply displaying yourContinueContinue reading “Day 206: Tortoise Has Legs for Days”
Day 203: Tortoise Shell Scratches
Growing up fast has its advantages. It also has its disadvantages. Among the advantages – you are no longer “appetizer sized,” you are finally able to “throw your weight around” (in a manner of speaking) and you get growing up over with. Among the disadvantages – growing up can be itchy business when you areContinueContinue reading “Day 203: Tortoise Shell Scratches”
Day 200: Tortoise Finds a Very Fashionable Snack
Life as a (shelled) public figure means daily life may never be as private as you might prefer. It just comes with the territory when you are born looking this cute. Add in a sweet-natured mellow tortoise personality and a natural knack for appealing to fellow “foodies” everywhere, and you can just about forget aboutContinueContinue reading “Day 200: Tortoise Finds a Very Fashionable Snack”
Love & Feathers & Shells 