TORTOISE and EAGLE

TORTOISE luxuriated like only tortoises could

Sunbathing lazily between the seabirds stood

Yawned and declared If only I could fly

I’d feel the sun like Icarus up high

I’ll give all the treasures for anyone to try

Oh I, said EAGLE, I’ll take you to the sky

And up they went, up up up and again

Just below the clouds EAGLE let go

And down crashed TORTOISE in shattering pain

Oh, lamented poor TORTOISE, oh dear and oh no.

Amoral Tales
Short graphic stories based on ideas in Aesop's fables often keeping the animal heads...