Uploaded on November 17, 2011
There was a little turtle.
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on the rocks.
He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow.
And he snapped at me.
He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
But he didn’t catch me.
—Vachel Lindsay
The Harp and the Laurel Wreath
edited by Laura Berquist
11.17.2023: This little turtle is part of a collection of figurines found in Red Rose Tea boxes when I was growing up.