The Little Turtle
There was a little turtle.
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on the rocks.
He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow.
And he snapped at me.
He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
But he can’t catch me.
By Vachel Lindsay
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay was born on 10 November 1879 in Springfield, Illinois, United States of America. He became a poet. Nicholas Vachel Lindsay passed on at 52 years of age on 5 December 1931 in Springfield, Illinois, United States of America.
Image shown: A Box Turtle, a type of semi-aquatic omnivore, often ranging from 13 to 15 centimeters (5 to 6 inches) from head to tail, and humorously described in the poem above as an animal that will eat anything it can catch.
There was a little turtle.
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on the rocks.
He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow.
And he snapped at me.
He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
But he can’t catch me.
By Vachel Lindsay
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay was born on 10 November 1879 in Springfield, Illinois, United States of America. He became a poet. Nicholas Vachel Lindsay passed on at 52 years of age on 5 December 1931 in Springfield, Illinois, United States of America.
Image shown: A Box Turtle, a type of semi-aquatic omnivore, often ranging from 13 to 15 centimeters (5 to 6 inches) from head to tail, and humorously described in the poem above as an animal that will eat anything it can catch.
