The Sad Story Of A Poor Strange Tortoise

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Daniel Hughes
A heavy shell and bracelet is stopping a strange tortoise from finding the true meaning of it's life and the rightful place where it belongs, the tortoise cries to find an answer.

In a small town down the valley of the old east lives two groups of animals, one at the LAYLAND known for not having shell, also a bracelet on there leg and the other at the FREELANDS which carries shell and lives in the water,

 

In the LAYLAND, there found a strange tortoise having a shell and a bracelet on it's leg, the tortoise having known of it's shell, wears a large clothe that covers it so others never knew of it's shell, perhaps the tortoise never wants to disclose it's difference.

 

The strange tortoise will always ask itself, how did I get myself here? I am too different and no one will like me with my shell, I am the only one with this heavy shell, if there is any other i haven't seen.

 

The tortoise decided to reside to the FREELANDS, where other animals that lives there has shell.

 

but all the animals in the FREELANDS sees any animal with bracelet on their leg as abomination.

 

The tortoise decided to always tire around his leg a covering cloth there he have the bracelet.

 

He went on making friends and getting acquainted with his new friends, but something wasn't fine about the new experience,every animal in that town lives inside the water, but the poor strange tortoise couldn't even swim neither live inside the water,

 

The tortoise became annoyed, tried to swim several times but couldn't.

 

He became depressed and decided to lived just beside the shore.

 

All day the tortoise sheds tears, wishing he could one-day swim.

 

A time came when and some of the other animals have reliaze he couldn't swim or live in the water, they began to make jest of him, the poor strange tortoise became so depressed which made him forgets sometimes to tire his covering cloth around his leg, now some animals discorvered he had a bracelet and shouldn't live around them.

 

This became the hardest point in life for the tortoise to cope, He pleaded with few of the other animals that had been his friend to help him remove the bracelet.

 

"Please help me I have been trying to cover this bracelet, but I became so depressed that I forget to cover it all this while, I know everyone here will reject and wish to kill me if they all get to know about my bracelet" Said the tortoise to his friend.

 

"I resided here because it was hard to show off my heavy shell to the other animals in my home town without shell, they will want to pull off my shell or isolate me if they find out about it.

 

I wore large garments all day long to cover my heavy shell.

 

I know it's hard for me to live here on this shore without a home but its better than trying to pull off my heavy shell"  Said the tortoise in his mind.

 

His friend tried to pull off the bracelet but it was strong, they secretly took him to other stronger animals to help them, but they couldn't remove it rather find out the bracelet was fixed right inside the tortoise bone,

 

The tortoise was helpless, felt so biased and shamefully went back to the shore still covering it's leg.

 

In a short time,his friends who once tend to help him began to mock him of the bracelet and  said he doesn't belong there.

 

Anyother animal that finds out about the bracelet leaves their way without a trace and never comes back, but the tortoise must had shed tears and plead with the animal not tell others about it.

 

The tortoise will cry all day long whenever his old friend uses the bracelet to discriminate him or threatens his life, he hurts himself so badly  trying to remove the bracelet but couldn't, he only prayed he wakes up one morning without the bracelet anymore.

 

He waited but nothing happened.

 

In his world of rejection, he began to isolate himself, he hides in his shell with tears, loneliness griped over him and that was his name, the world hurts so bad as he pretends to be fine alone all day and as he had no friends again.

 

The poor strange tortoise made-up his mind to return where it looks like he once truly belongs, The LAYLAND.

 

He returned and decided to pull off his shell so he can truly belong.

 

Anytime he tries it hurts so bad that he felt like dying, he tried time and time again but only to realize that his shell was fixed to his heart, then he gave up the thought.

 

He decided to let anyone who comes his way know about his shell and see if anyone could accept him the way he was.

 

"Hey! you look okay but so different if we must be friends you must pull off this shell and learn to dance with us or you are just joking"

 

"Get your helpless dumbass out my way, you don't belong here"

 

"O you have a shell, I will help you remove it, just relax it won't take time, the dance is on"

 

"Hey you! You belong to the other town just find your way there because you are useless here, we just want to help you"

 

"Pull off the heavy shell from him, we don't mind if he gets hurt, that's the only way he can be with us"

 

"This one is a monster with heavy shell and doesn't want to lay down his ego, find your way"

 

"I have once pulled off shell from another animal that had a shell like you, but his wasn't fixed to his heart"

 

"You lie a hell, no shell is fixed to the heart, you are so fake"

 

All these Said the other animals, to the poor strange tortoise, while others left without a word.

 

To the poor strange tortoise knowing every animals in the LAYLAND will ever want to pull off his shell to be friends, he lives in fear and isolation.

 

The heavy shell and bracelet is stopping a strange tortoise from finding the true meaning of his life and the right place where he belongs, the tortoise still cries wishing he finds an answer.

 

And here the writer's ink finished.Some Stories Don't Really Have An End Because It Have Not Ended.

 

 

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