I'M
HERE TO SAY,
"'TWAS A
LOVELY DAY
THAT
A SPECIAL GUEST
CAME A-WALKIN'!
IN
THE GENTLE
BREEZE, 'NEATH
THE SWAYING PALM
TREES
HE
SEEMED MUCH IN
THE MOOD FOR
TALKIN'!
WE
WERE RELAXING IN
THE SUN, WITH
THE DAY'S WORK
DONE,
ENJOYING
A TROPICAL
DRINK.
NO
NEED TO HURRY,
NO NEED TO
WORRY...
AT
LEAST THAT'S
WHAT WE DID
THINK.
THEN
WE HEARD A SOUND
AND LOOKED
AROUND;
WAS
SOMEONE ON OUR
DOOR A-KNOCKIN'?
I
GOT UP FROM MY
CHAIR, BUT NO
ONE WAS THERE...
SO,
I SAT DOWN AND
WENT BACK TO MY
'ROCKIN'.
ANOTHER
KNOCK CAME,
DRIVING US QUITE
INSANE...
FOR
NO ONE AT THE
DOOR COULD BE
SEEN.
I
AGAIN GOT TO MY
FEET, THIS
PERSON TO MEET
AND
THIS TIME, LET
OUT A LITTLE
SCREAM!
FOR
I HAD LOOKED ALL
AROUND AND
FINALLY LOOKED
DOWN
AND
THERE, AWAITING
ADMISSION
WAS
A BEAST OF SOME
KIND (AT LEAST
TO MY MIND)
POLITELY
WAITING (AS IS
THE HUMAN
TRADITION).
HE
CARRIED ON HIS
BACK A KIND OF
SHACK...
HE
WAS NO MORE THAN
A FEW INCHES
TALL.
HIS
NECK AND HIS
HEAD FILLED ME
WITH DREAD
WHEN
THEY DISAPPEARED
INSIDE THE
SHACK'S WALL!
WE
INVITED HIM IN,
BUT OUR CHANCES
WERE SLIM
OF
HIS STAYING TO
VISIT AWHILE.
HE
SEEMED NERVOUS
OF US - NOT SURE
HE COULD TRUST,
BUT
HE CARRIED
HIMSELF WITH
GREAT STYLE!
HE
WAS A TIMID ONE
- OH, WE HAD SO
MUCH FUN
SNAPPING
HIS PICTURE AND
GRINNING!
HE
DIDN'T STAY
LONG, JUST MOVED
RIGHT ON,
INTENT
ON HIS NEW
JOURNEY
BEGINNING!
AND
SO WITH A SIGH,
WE WAVED HIM
GOODBYE
AND
WISHED HIM ALL
THAT WAS GOOD.
A
TURTLE WAS HE,
AND SO YOU CAN
SEE
WE'D
HAVE KEPT HIM IF
WE COULD!