The turtle, the mushroom and the egg
There was this wee turtle that lived in the deep blue
sea, 500 miles away from where he was born. He had a weird desire. To eat a
mushroom but not just any mushroom, a special one that only grows once a year in the far end
of the world. Everyone laughed at this poor turtle. The only thing to be
punished for was this desire and the dream of getting it. Sad and annoyed he
swam away from the other turtles. “How cruel they are!!” Lost in his own
thoughts, drifting more than swimming, he found himself next to an old wreck...
“Massive ship, it must have been fantastic in his days of sailing” the
turtle thought and overwhelmed by his own curiosity he swam inside. It was so dark
and after blinking a few times, his eyes got use to it and he started to
recognize the silhouettes of little fishes, little by little he saw the algae
growing from the ceiling, walls, floor, animals like prawns and snails crawling
everywhere. Inside this wreck felt like there was more life than in the ocean out
there. There was so many rooms at his disposal for him to visit, every one of
them filled with extraordinaire beings and weird human objects. Distracted with
this little adventure of his he come across this strange room, it was packed
till the ceiling with lots of contraptions. He was fascinated... so many
different things that he couldn´t even name it. Tubes here and there with water
bubbling up and down. Watching through a glass he realized there was this old
creature working on something in front of him, so concentrated this creature
was that when the turtle got close the creature got spooked.
“Good Gracious what were you doing sneaking behind me like that? Spyyying
on me?” said the old creature really upset.
“No, no... I’m sorry. I felt
drawn to this place and was exploring it when I found myself in your wonderful
room. I’m very sorry if I disturbed you...” He turned his shell and was ready
to go out when suddenly the creature said with a deep naughty voice: “I know
what you are looking for”.
If there was a startled look in a turtle’s face this would be the
biggest one ever “What do you mean....” trembling his voice “What am I looking
for?”
“You know it. Why play games with
words? You want the Mushroom”. Moving around, still busy in what he was doing
before “The Golden Mushroom... the Eldorado of the Mushrooms...Oh boy... You have
it cut it for you don’t you? Couldn’t wish for anything simpler.. Could you?”
Without giving a chance to the turtle to explain himself, the creature
continues “Oh yes, I was a little octopus when the last turtle went on an
adventure to seek this mushroom. Never heard of him again. My great-great grandfather
knew where to look for... Oh yes he did” Laughing to himself... the turtle was
listening carefully to every word that he said. “Here they are”... Looking at a
big pile of papers. He started to go through them. Papers swimming, hovering
everywhere. What a sight... papers with the human writing, doesn’t make sense
to anyone of us, papers with maps and others with drawings of strange objects, stranger
creatures of the deepest sea levels. “Hey... here it is... My fine young turtle
prepare yourself for an obscure secret that only me, my great-great grandfather
and the old turtle knew... the map for the far end of the world.
Poor turtle, his heart was beating so fast, that he thought it would
come out of his shell. “Easy little heart, calm yourself down .. this is just
the beginning of a wonderful journey” he said to himself. The old creature
spread the map over a table, that minutes ago was full of stuff. “Must be handy
to have all those tentacles”, thought the turtle. The creature then picked some
snails that where walking around on a wall next to the table and attached them
to the ends of the map. The turtle closed his eyes in anticipation and when he
open them....”wow”. The light shinning on the map was beyond this world...
Mesmerized as if looking at an old pirate trunk full of gold... His eyes run
across it following every line... so many lines they were...
“Before I reveal the way, I have to ask you, Are you
ready??!! If there’s any doubt in your soul you’ll not succeed” said the old
creature.
“Am sure. This is what I want for so many years...
Every time I close my eyes, in my sleep, it’s always there and it’s taking
control of my life” said the turtle before filling his chest with hair, tall
and confident, assuming a position of bravery. A silver light passed quickly on
a window. Both of them startled.
“What was that?”
Asked the turtle trying to maintain his confident pose.
“That my young
turtle is the first of many dangerous you’ll have to face and survive!!!” The
old creature turn around with a sad trembling voice “I wish I was young like
you to embark on such a journey. You have no idea how I envy you right now”. He
sat down in his chair going back to his project. The turtle was also sad for
this old creature but taking a look at this room he thought that this old
octopus must have had a wonderful life full of adventures.
“Farewell young turtle, I wish you success and that
you get everything that you desire from this adventure”.
With a smile the turtle the turtle answered “Thank you
for everything. I’ll be back to tell every single detail of my journey!”
“Tentacles crossed that you do”. If only octopus could
cry. “Go through the second room at your right there’s a corridor that leads
you to the end of the boat. In there, there’s a hole, big enough for you to
pass through it. You’ll be safe from that shark. Old as me...he is. Still
waiting to catch me.”
The turtle with his heart full of hope and
determination, turn around and started to swim, going throw the second room...
rewritten text, let me know what you guys think about it. Do you like it. Would it be a story that you would read to your kids or grandkids. Illustrations will be posted eventually
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