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Submitted to Contest #235
There once was a turtle whose name was Marcel Monroe. He had lived a modest life, all while carrying his house on his back. One morning, a boy discovered his shell and peeked inside. Marcel invited him in for a cup of hot cocoa. “Will you tell me a story, Marcel?” asked the boy. “Once,” he began, “I was in a race.” “But I thought turtles were slow.” Marcel puffed thoughtfully on his pipe, before he replied. “If you measure a race by the time it takes to get from one point to another then yes – indeed – we are slow.” The boy’s brow furr...
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