The Little Turtle by Vachel Lindsay
A Recitation for Martha Wakefield, Three Years Old
There was a little turtle. He lived in a box. He swam in a puddle. He climbed on the rocks.
He snapped at a mosquito. He snapped at a flea. He snapped at a minnow. And he snapped at me.
He caught the mosquito. He caught the flea. He caught the minnow. But he didn't catch me.
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