A crow and a turtle are having a chat on the forest floor.
The turtle says, “It takes time.”
The crow says, “Time takes us.”
A man marches by on the path, and they follow him with their eyes until he disappears over a hill.
“Where is he going?” wonders the crow.
“To the other side of the hill,” says the turtle.
“My friend, you have no imagination.”
“I imagine a lake.”
“You remember a lake. I imagine the sky.”
“You live in the sky.”
“Not when I am here talking with you. The sky lives in me. I live in the forest. Sometimes I sleep in a nest.”
“I live in my shell. When I get to a lake, I slide in and rest on the bottom.”
“So simple,” says the crow, and he flies off.
The turtle continues on his way.
– Bruce Frostick, 2009