the tortoise story!

once upon a time there was a small tortoise

living in his safe shell

world outside was dark

he was comfortable in his cozy shell

people came and kicked him

well world is like that

they try to kick those who think are safer than they themselves are

they want ever1 to be in as bad a situation as they are in

but this little tortoise

moved ahead slowly

he used to go to a school

there used be many teachers

he hated them all

he liked reading only stories

he developed a liking for language

all else seemed much of time waste

he was confident that one day in a class of rabbits he would be seen

but he was bullied

daily

poor he

the best friend of his was his pen

so he worte down things

random as it went

one day a fairy came

it was a teacher

but not like any other

this teacher was different

she had a spark in her eyes

he knew she wouldnt kill him for not doing his homework

he could somehow find comfort in her words

and found trust in her things

she didn't bully him like others

she saw his written stuff

called up his parents and said

this child may not be a genious

but this tortoise is really special

u must take great care of him

to tortoise the teacher meant the world to him

bcoz no1 else had ever shown that trust before

he felt his shell was shining now

some rabbits were noticing

then a terribe thing happend

the teacher left the school

things went back to normal again

rabbits were back to racing and bullyinf

but this time there was something different about this tortiose

it was the fact that he knew he was special

he never raced against the rabbits

one reason was that honestly he was scared of losing badly to them

secondly he had never won a race himself

so wasnt all that confident

things and life moved on

this tortoise kept racing ahead

racing against himself

kept racing

he could see himself changing

now he was half rabbit half tortoise

from outside he was fast and effective

but inside that same sweet tortoise

5 years went by like a wind

he never talked to any of the rabbits before

he did eventually found one rabbit of his school

his first crush.. but only to know that she was getting married next week

didnt bother him much though

now that he had seen a lot of world

but when he contacted the other rabbits

he was shocked

they were shocked

at what he had become

he was very different

miles miles ahead

nobody could imagine him where he is now

because he wasnt racing with them

he was racing against himself

they kept pulling each other down

he kept pushing himself above

and finally he realized there was no race at all

no competition

he was the race

he was the competition

:)

PS: Thank you Ruby Christopher mam :)