The Secret Book of the Gnomes 21. [antikvár]

A walk at tortoise pace rom time to time, I like to go for a quiet stroli with a tortoise. Tortoises walk very, very slowly and talk in aTather sleepy voice but they have many interesting tales to teli. They have lived on earth for thousands of years and their appearance hasn't changed very much in all that time. Like us gnomes, tortoises don't really need to hurry. Their lives are long and somé, such as the Giant tortoise, have been known to live for more than 150 years. They are very wise and know almost as much as we do. Tortoises can afford to be slow. They don't need to run fast to escape their enemies, like gnomes. If they're in danger, all they have to do is tuck their head, tail and legs up inside their hard shell an be a large stone!