turtle's shell
[my mom found this lying around. written on crumpled, tattered, double line paper for first graders. multiple corrections and letters as big as my finger. i found it amusing; my mother screamed "it's so cute" in that oh-so-motherly way]
One day when turtle was walking he said to himself, "My legs are so short, but I have to walk everywhere I go. I am not fast, I am slow." One day he saw a dino[saur] and [it] hit him on the head with a rock. But his head was strong and made a deep curve in the rock. It bounced right off onto turtle's back and turtle said, "Thank you. Now I won't have to go back to my home all the time. I can make this [shell] my home."
[yes, i was a dork.]
One day when turtle was walking he said to himself, "My legs are so short, but I have to walk everywhere I go. I am not fast, I am slow." One day he saw a dino[saur] and [it] hit him on the head with a rock. But his head was strong and made a deep curve in the rock. It bounced right off onto turtle's back and turtle said, "Thank you. Now I won't have to go back to my home all the time. I can make this [shell] my home."
[yes, i was a dork.]