Poems, stories and lots more- Dr Audrey Coatesworth

The little tortoise

This looks very different
The little tortoise said
It's not at all like the place
I thought of in my head

The ground feels rather hard
He put down one weak leg
It's strange I can move
I couldn't in my egg

Is that what I am like?
He was amazed to see
Another tortoise walking by
As slow as slow could be

I can smell something
Is this what I must eat?
He looked down and he saw
A green leaf by his feet

Is that what I must drink?
There was water on a plate
He suddenly felt thirsty
And found he couldn't wait

Like every little being
The baby tortoise grew
He had to learn how to be
When everything was new