Saturday, April 5, 2008

Life In Slow Motion

Three turltes, Joe, Steve, and Poncho, decide to go on a picnic. The picnic site is miles away , so they take 10 whole days to get there.

By the time they arrive, everyone's hungry, so Joe takes the stuff out of the picnic basket. He takes out the drinks and realizes that they forgot to bring a bottle opener. Joe and Steve beg Poncho to turn back home and retrieve it but Poncho refuses, knowing that they will eat everything by the time he gets back.

After two hours, they manage to convince Poncho to go, swearing that they won't touch the food. So, Poncho sets off down the road, slow and steady.

Twelve days pass, but no Poncho. Joe and Steve are hungry, but a promise is a promise. After three more days pass, Steve starts getting restless. "I need food!" he says with a hint of dementia in his voice.

"No!" Joe retorts. "We promised."

Five more days pass. Joe realizes that Poncho probably skipped out to the dinner down the road, so the two turtles weakly lift the lid, get a sandwich and open their mouths to eat. But then, right at that instant, Poncho pops out behind the rock.

"Just for that, I'm not going."

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