Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE THEORETIC TURTLE, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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THE THEORETIC TURTLE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The theoretic turtle started out to see the toad
Last Line: "the easiest way, my friend,"" said he, ""is to walk around the pole."
Subject(s): Turtles; Tortoises


The theoretic turtle started out to see the toad;
He came to a stop at a liberty-pole in the middle of the road.
"Now how, in the name of the spouting whale," the indignant turtle cried,
"Can I climb this perpendicular cliff, and get on the other side?
If I only could make a big balloon, I'd lightly over it fly;
Or a very long ladder might reach the top, though it does look fearfully high.
If a beaver were in my place, he'd gnaw a passage through with his teeth;
I can't do that, but I can dig a tunnel and pass beneath."
He was digging his tunnel, with might and main, when a dog looked down at the hole.
"The easiest way, my friend," said he, "is to walk around the pole."





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