I am not always a fan of “the turtle or tortoise or snail comes in last because they are slow” stories. (I still cringe at the end scene in Monsters University where the snail-monster-student gets to class after the year has ended.) Now, I do not necessarily want them to be first, (Tortoise and the Hair is great, just not all the time), I want to see other animals have the distinction of being last, or the slow one. I mean, we all have a […]
The racing striped and helmeted tortoise
Hurry, Little Tortoise, Time for School by Carrie Finison