Week 2 Story
This story comes from Jatakas tales by Ellen C. Babbitt. It is titled ' The Turtle who couldn't Stop Talking '. From this bibliography The Bird and the Snail One day a snail who lived on a porch decided to get some sun. That same day, a lonely bird was flying and thinking of his loneliness as well as how much he missed his family. The Bird saw the snail and swooped down to acquit himself with the snail. The snail, who was glad to be alive, loved the idea of having a friend. One day, the bird said he wanted to move to a nice open forest but couldn't do it alone. The snail, who knows of his own and the bird's loneliness, offers to join but says "How will I go if I travel a fraction of your speed?" The bird replies "Oh, you just have to hold onto this stick with your stickiness by concentrating on it like you do with surfaces!" The turtle replies "Okay, I can concentrate on one thing for sure." "Now hold onto this and concentrate
